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ICYMI: Democrats Want Taxpayers to Shoulder an Additional $49 Trillion in Federal Spending

If the Democrat Socialists of America (DSA) enact their proposed policies, an additional $49 trillion in debt would be added ...
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Budget Framework

The framework of the budget process can be divided up into five stages each of which is governed by its own procedures outlined in the Budget Act, the rules of the House and Senate, and other relevant ...
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Rules & Budget Law

(a) Except as otherwise specified herein, the Rules of the House of Representatives are the rules of the Committee so far as applicable, except that a motion to recess from day to day, or a motion to ...
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Congress is Spending Hundreds of Billions on Zombie Programs, According to CBO

The federal government continues to spend hundreds of billions of tax dollars annually on more than a thousand government-run programs that Congress has failed to reauthorize, according to a report ...
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Bipartisan, Former HHS Secretaries: Congress Should Adopt Site Neutral Payments for Health Care

Last week, former Secretaries of Health and Human Services Alex Azar and Kathleen G. Sebelius, who served under Presidents Trump and Obama respectively, wrote a piece in STAT News calling on Congress ...
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FACT CHECK: Setting the Record Straight on Bidenomics

This week, the White House circulated a slide deck to Hill Democrats riddled with inaccuracies, false statements, and misleading information about Biden’s record on the economy. Let’s set the record ...
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60-Year Anniversary of the War on Poverty - Are We Winning or Losing?

President Johnson stated, “It will not be a short or easy struggle, no single weapon or strategy will suffice, but we shall not rest until that war is won. The richest Nation on earth can afford to ...
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The Cost of the Border Crisis: $150.7 Billion and Counting

Click HERE to watch Chairman Arrington’s opening remarks. “The greatest national security threat to the American people is posed by these open borders. The social cost has consistently been well in ...
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Competitive Enterprise Institute: Burdensome Federal Regulations Cost Economy $2 Trillion Annually

A new report from the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI)—the 2025 edition of Ten Thousand Commandments—highlights the staggering impact of federal regulations on the economy. It estimates ...
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Top Moments from House Budget Committee’s Hearing on a 3% Deficit-to-GDP Framework

Maya MacGuineas, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget: We all know the federal budget is on an unsustainable trajectory. There are too many scary numbers and facts to list. Right now, I'm pretty ...
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ICYMI: President Trump: "We have the Big Beautiful Bill. We gotta get that done."

Locking in tax cuts for hardworking families and small businesses Opening up domestic energy production and driving costs down for consumers Releasing the regulatory stranglehold that is choking our ...
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MARKUP NOTICE: House Committee on the Budget

HBC hearings and markups are available LIVE from our social media, website or YouTube. Seating in the hearing room is limited. Members of the public may view the markup via live webcast available here ...