by Jane Richey | Jan 3, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The U.S. Senate voted 89-8 to approve legislation to avoid the fiscal cliff despite having only 3 minutes to read the 154-page bill and budget score. Multiple Senate sources have confirmed to CNSNews.com that senators received the bill at approximately 1:36 AM on Jan....
by Jane Richey | Jul 16, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Historically, federal budgets have been about taking a lot of numbers that already exist — i.e., the baseline — and adding to them a bunch of new numbers that reflect the administration’s or Congress’s wish list. This is put into a large book that ignores entitlements...
by Jane Richey | May 2, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Sunday marked the three-year anniversary since the Senate last passed a budget. April 29 was the record 1,096th day without a federal budget since passing a budget was required by law in 1974. Normally, each house of Congress passes its own budget, reconciles the...
by Jane Richey | Apr 25, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility
April 29 marks the third year in which the U.S. Senate has not passed a budget — a staggering dereliction of duty, particularly given the country’s near-$16 trillion debt. But that’s not the Senate’s only blockbuster failure under the leadership of Majority Leader...
by Jane Richey | Apr 16, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Senate Republicans derailed a Democratic “Buffett rule” bill Monday forcing the nation’s top earners to pay at least 30 percent of their income in taxes, using the day before Americans’ taxes are due to defy President Barack Obama on one of his...
