The current spending cap is a compromise of a compromise for progressives.
The Murray-Ryan budget deal does not eliminate the challenges DOD faces from sequestration but does provide an opportunity to responsibly reduce defense spending.
Although some unfortunate concessions had to be made to appease conservatives, the Murray-Ryan budget deal is a net-positive step for the United States.
The latest poverty numbers highlight the dramatically negative effects that federal funding cuts are having on the AI/AN population.
With the people’s government now back on-line, the House can redeem itself for the economic damage done by focusing on economic and budgetary winners in the already bipartisan agenda.
57,000 children won’t be attending Head Start this month because of sequester cuts.
This week we explore sequestration’s effects on the health, welfare, and education of low-income children and their families.
This week we explore sequestration’s effects on a critical source of local economic development funding, the Community Development Block Grant.
This week we explore sequestration’s effect on the ability of students to afford a college education in the United States.
Three months into sequestration, we take a look at how harmful the phased-in cuts have been.