When the budget is on Auto Pilot, there is little flexibility for Congress.

Fiscal Policy and Budgets

When the budget is on Auto Pilot, there is little flexibility for Congress.

A steady reduction in the ratio of Workers to Beneficiaries is putting strain on Social Security.

How to Donate to our Government: The Options Explained. A Quick Reference to how to help your country.

Can the U.S. Reduce Debt without Breaking the Economy?

Anti-Deficiency Act: History and Functions The Anti-Deficiency Act (ADA) is Congress’s principal enforcement mechanism for its constitutional “power of the purse.”...

Budgets, and Life Lessons from Mom

Government Shutdown: simple reference to what stays open, closed, paused, or reduced during the budget stalemate.

Federal Budget Terms – Mandatory, Entitlements, Discretionary – Explained. The Key to understand Federal Spending.

Explainer: Our National Budget, how it works Our National Budget is a long complicated process that takes place over months each year, and given it's importance...