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FEDERAL BUDGET
Federal spending should come down in order to not exceed federal taxes collected. Higher taxes will result in a vicious cycle of higher spending and calls for more taxes. The only surefire way to balance the budget is to cut spending.
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Federal Budget
U.S. House Needs to Pass the FY 2025 Continuing Resolution
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on a bill to keep the government operating for the remainder of the fiscal year (that...
Mar 112 min read
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Congress Must Investigate California's Abuse of Medicaid Reimbursements
Dear Chairman Guthrie, Chairman Carter, Chairwoman Kiggans: In the wake of President Donald Trump’s sweeping mandate to increase...
Mar 43 min read
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The Center for a Free Economy Urges Congress to Investigate California’s Abuse of Federal Medicaid Intergovernmental Transfers from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
WASHINGTON, March 4, 2025 –The Center for a Free Economy today sent a letter to Representatives Brett Guthrie, Chairman of House Energy...
Mar 42 min read
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Trump pushes $2 trillion infrastructure package in next coronavirus bill
By Jeff Stein and Seung Min Kim President Trump said Tuesday that a $2 trillion infrastructure package should be part of Congress’s next...
Mar 31, 20204 min read
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CFE joins five organizations opposing bailout for renewable energy
This week, the Center for a Free Economy joined five other free market champions to demand that Congress not give a bailout to renewable...
Nov 22, 20191 min read
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Apr 16, 20190 min read
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CBO Confirms That Mandatory Spending Drives The Budget Deficit
By Ryan Ellis The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) this week released their new “Budget and Economic Outlook” for 2018. As usual, it has...
Apr 10, 20183 min read
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Why Rand Paul Should Vote For The Tax Reform Budget
By Ryan Ellis The U.S. Senate this week is considering the FY 2018 budget resolution, a document which is wholly meaningless except in...
Oct 18, 20174 min read
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Tax Reform Won’t Happen Without A Budget Resolution
By Ryan Ellis Summer has turned to autumn in our nation’s capital. Everyone is back to work, Beltway traffic is as bad as normal, and...
Sep 19, 20173 min read
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Three Tax Notes On The Trump Budget
By Ryan Ellis President Trump revealed his first full budget Wednesday morning, and most of the attention rightly focuses on the very...
May 23, 20173 min read
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Congress Needs To Pass Obamacare Repeal Resolution For Sake Of Taxpayers
By Ryan Ellis This week, the U.S. Senate and then the U.S. House of Representatives will consider a budget resolution for FY 2017. It has...
Jan 10, 20172 min read
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IRS Faces New Restrictions and Budget Cuts in Spending Bill
By Ryan Ellis Today, the U.S. House will take up H.R. 5485, FY 2017 “Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act.”Among...
Jul 7, 20162 min read
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