Fiscal Policy

House conservatives and Senate Republicans are fighting over DHS funding, but the real argument is about whether the GOP is still a governing party or a permanent protest movement.

The GOP wants to extend tax cuts, fund the border, and increase defense spending, all in one bill. Someone has to find the money. Nobody can agree on where.

The government kept TSA workers paid through accounting tricks. Congress called it breathing room. Economists should call it what it is: deferred reckoning.

The strikes on Iran cost billions. Congress is scrambling for funding. And Democrats who cheered the chaos are now crying about the bill.

Spring cleaning season is here, and Americans are hunting vacuum deals. Meanwhile, the federal government hasn't cleaned house in decades.

Tuition-free college proposals shift costs from graduates who benefit to taxpayers who don't, including the 62% of Americans without bachelor's degrees.

When your own party's members are flashing red lights before the ink is dry, the problem isn't the opposition. It's the bill.

The latest spending package calls itself infrastructure. Less than 40% goes to roads, bridges, or broadband. The rest is a progressive wish list with a hard hat on.