Worries about Congress’s capacity to carry out its constitutional duties are not new. In 1965, leaders of the American Enterprise ...
On October 1, 2025 the United States federal government “shut down.” This is not the first time it has happened. ...
James C. Capretta, The congressional appropriations process: Background and potential innovations, American Enterprise Institute, September 2025. James C. Capretta notes that ...
Source: USAFacts.org The Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 requires Congress to pass twelve appropriations bills before the September ...
Donald Trump has been pushing hard against the boundaries of presidential authority. But at the core of the separation of ...
Every year, Congress faces a massive challenge: how to divide up roughly $1.5 trillion in discretionary federal spending across thousands ...
The Republican-controlled Congress recently passed a $9 billion rescission law, canceling a significant chunk of foreign aid spending and about $1 ...
Congressional Research Service, The Reconciliation Process: Frequently Asked Questions, report R48444, Congressional Research Service, March 6. 2025. CRS The Reconciliation Process ...
Philip Wallach, Picking the Wrong Fights: Why We Must Fix Our Broken Budget Process, American Enterprise Institute, March 2024. Key points: Deficits ...
"When... annual appropriations acts are not enacted by the beginning of the fiscal year (October 1), one or more continuing ...
Article I, section 9, clause 7 of the U.S. Constitution declares, "No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but ...
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The topic of today’s episode is, “Are earmarks good or bad?” My guest is Zachary Courser, a visiting assistant professor of government ...
The Congressional Reseach Service tracks the status of appropriations legislation and provides links to the bills and accompanying reports at ...
Source: Congress.gov. Democrats held the presidency and Senate, Republicans had a narrow Hosue majority. The nation's debt limit needed raised lest ...
"Anyone watching Congress trying to negotiate the U.S. budget might wonder who could possibly have designed such a process. Thanks ...
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