At the end of April, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) stated that President Trump and the White House had agreed to a $2 trillion infrastructure spending package. Rumblings of … READ MORE
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Sports Stadium Subsidies Continue Unabated, Despite No Good Justification
First Featured In The Washington Examiner Less than two miles from the Capitol building sits the brand new Audi Field. Home of the D.C. United soccer team, the new stadium … READ MORE
House Passes Bill to Create 8 Year, $3 Million Party Planning Committee
UPDATE: This post originally ran in June 2018 after the House passed the Route 66 Centennial Commission Act (H.R. 66) by voice vote. The bill did not pass the Senate … READ MORE
DC Metro Starts Selling Cufflinks, Halloween Costumes, Needs $15.5 Billion in Taxpayer Funding
Last week, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) opened a "pop-up" shop in Downtown Washington, DC. Known as The M Shop in Metro Center, it is complete with metro … READ MORE
If Trump Were King
A common refrain about the President’s annual budget is that it is “dead on arrival” in Congress. This is often considered a pejorative dismissal of the document as an unrealistic … READ MORE
Earmarks Helped Create America’s “Infrastructure Deficit”
President Trump used his recent State of the Union address to make a case for a substantial investment in infrastructure. One word he wisely did not use was “earmark.” Earmarks … READ MORE
Here’s What Congress Will Try to Accomplish in 2018 and the Likelihood of It Happening
After accomplishing a major overhaul of the tax code to end 2017, the Republican controlled Congress needs to figure out what to do in 2018. Their agenda could include a … READ MORE
Quiz: What Do You Know About Government Spending?
Take the quiz below to find out how much you know about the federal government's spending habits! Share your results at the end! [wp_quiz id="2894"] … READ MORE