Blog Articles · Apr 18, 2012 · Budget and Spending

Issue Profile: The Budget for Disasters Act

Declarations of federal disasters has been on the rise since the Clinton Administration. President Obama has taken that trend to incredible new heights. Last...

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Blog Articles · Apr 4, 2012 · Budget and Spending

Issue Profile: the Zero-Baseline Budget Act

Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-TX) introduced the Zero-Baseline Budget Act (bill number) in March of 2011. The bill would amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency...

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Blog Articles · Mar 19, 2012 · Budget and Spending

Issue Profile: Time to Reconsider a Balanced Budget Amendment

It's budget season again. The dust has settled on President Obama's farce of a budget, which continued high deficits and massively increased our debt-to-GDP...

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Blog Articles · Mar 14, 2012 · Budget and Spending

Issue Profile: Congressional Pay Reform Act of 2011

Did you know that the average Congressman collects a salary nearly three-and-a-half times higher than what the average American household earns? Current rank-and-file Members...

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Blog Articles · Mar 13, 2012 · Budget and Spending

NAT GAS Act Supporters Inadvertently Admit it's Unnecessary

When someone supports something whole-heartedly, it's funny to watch them stumble over their own arguments. But that's just what happened last night on CNBC's...

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Blog Articles · Mar 12, 2012 · Budget and Spending

Senate Rejects NAT GAS Act

Moments ago, the Senate defeated the Burr-Menendez-Reid amendment to the Senate transportation bill. The amendment, the long-stall New Alternatives to Give Americans Solutions (NAT...

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