Senate Budget Chairman Mike Enzi and J.K. Rowling probably do not have a lot in common. But one thing they both excel at is conjuring up alternative worlds, though one … READ MORE
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Congress, Don’t Feed the Elephant
How do you eat an elephant? No doubt you’ve heard this expression before when debating how to complete a big project. The answer? One bite at a time. With a … READ MORE
Make Budgets (For Millennials) Great Again
At a hearing about the President’s budget proposal in May that called for a balanced budget within 10 years, a Democratic congresswoman scolded White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney saying … READ MORE
Money in the Banana Stand: A Congressional Deception Illustrated
In a move more deceptive than Discovery Channel’s Shark Week promos, Senate appropriators once again voted to protect a budget gimmick to use money designated for victims of crime as a … READ MORE
Budget Resolutions are Easy–Follow Through is What Matters
Welcome to the Congressional Budget Resolution, the show where everything’s made up and the points don’t matter. The continued high stakes struggle by the Senate Republicans to come to a consensus on … READ MORE
A Reason To Celebrate This Year’s Conventions
Every four years something special comes through our TVs and straight into our living rooms. We cheer, we laugh, we cry, we hear great speeches, we unmask villains, and an … READ MORE
Defunding the NEA Won’t Gut the Arts
In 1989, Immersion, a photograph more commonly known as “Piss Christ”, triggered a debate about federal funding the arts that has raged for nearly three decades. Piss Christ, by artist … READ MORE
Throwback Thursday: Back in Black
The Trump Administration just released their proposed budget, which proposed $3.2 billion in spending cuts and $5.2 billion in total deficit reduction. However, the budget relied on some very flimsy assumptions to get to … READ MORE