National Debt
The $4 trillion ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ violates Congress’ budget rules
Here we go again. This week, the Senate unveiled, honed, and passed its version of the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," and it's a fiscal monstrosity. What was already an oversized mess in the House has been…
Senate version of ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ defunds abortion for only 1 year, axes ban on ‘sex change’ funding
Wed Jul 2, 2025 - 4:16 pm EDT WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) – The U.S. Senate voted 51-50 on Tuesday to pass its version of President Donald Trump’s so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” after a contentious process that retains a…
Medicaid work requirements are a short-term fix to a long-term problem
Funding for Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare accounted for 41 percent of federal spending in FY 2024. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which is expected to add $3.9 trillion to the federal deficit over the next 10…
Senate Passes Big, Beautiful Bill in Tie-Breaking Vote
After weeks of negotiations, the Senate has passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act—a ten-year fiscal package which would serve as the vehicle for fulfilling President Donald Trump’s campaign promises on tax cuts and border…
GOP’s ‘current policy’ baseline is a gimmick that effectively kills the filibuster
Imagine that you're renting an apartment and the terms of the lease require paying your landlord $2,000 every month. Now, imagine that the lease expires at the end of this month. Here you sit, on July 1, with no lease…
Elon Musk promises creation of ‘America Party’ if Trump’s spending bill passes
Elon Musk promises new political party: Like Larry David opening up a spite store, so too will Elon Musk start a spite party if President Donald Trump's domestic policy bill passes. "If this insane spending bill…
Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ lambasted by Rand Paul, Elon Musk
Domestic policy bill gets lambasted: "The latest Senate draft bill will destroy millions of jobs in America and cause immense strategic harm to our country!" wrote Elon Musk on X, referring to the version drafted by…
Why do congressional Republicans support the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit?
President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" aims to avert the tax increases that would result from the expiration of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and it's drawn criticism for not doing enough to…
Trump’s military parade is a waste of millions of taxpayer dollars
President Donald Trump has described the upcoming military parade using a familiar theme: its size. It will be a "big, beautiful" event, he told NBC's Meet the Press last month. Beauty is in the eye of the…
Fiscal Hawk Outlines Strategy for Spending, Deficit Reduction
A few hours before a House vote on whether to defund foreign aid and public broadcasting, House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris, R-Md., shared his thoughts on how a heavily indebted America can right its fiscal ship of…
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