Federal Funding
Another Month Another Massive Federal Budget Deficit
After running the biggest December budget deficit in history, the U.S. government followed up with another massive budget shortfall in January. Borrowing and spending at record rates is a legacy President Donald Trump left to Joe Biden, and the new administration will...
Biden Plan to Revive Obama Limits on Police Militarization Still Just Window Dressing
According to a CNN report, President Joe Biden plans to reinstate Obama-era limits on a federal police militarization program.ย While this sounds like progress toward ending the militarization of local police departments, the Obama limits were little more than...
Conservative Hypocrisy on Foreign Aid
After initially threatening to veto it, Donald Trump signed into law a $2.3 trillion,ย 5,593-pageย spending bill that no member of Congress had read. The โConsolidated Appropriations Act, 2021โ (H.R.133), which is a combination of twelve annual funding bills, COVID-19...
The Real Scandal of the Spending Bill
Last week Congress passed a massive coronavirus relief and omnibus spending bill. President Trump threatened to veto the bill, saying he wants an increase in the amount for โstimulusโ checks authorized by the bill from 600 dollars to 2,000 dollars. The checks are...