Listen to TLR’s Podcast! By: Elias J. Atienza The House Liberty Caucus, chaired by Representative Justin Amash (R-MI), came out in opposition to the new...
By Juliegrace Brufke Congressional Republicans are gearing up to pass two budget resolutions next year, but GOP Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky is concerned the...
by Luke Rosiak Senate Democrats have made Sen. Bernie Sanders their ranking minority member of the Senate Committee on the Budget. When he was running...
by Juliegrace Brufke The federal deficit will be a whopping $56 billion more than initially anticipated, coming in at $590 billion by the end of the 2016 fiscal...
Richard Pollock Federal Reserve Board Chairwoman Janet Yellen overseas the country’s $16.7 trillion economy, but she appears clueless about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau,...
Juliegrace Brufke Lawmakers appropriated $310 billion federal dollars to expired programs authorized under 256 separate laws for fiscal year 2016, a Friday report from the...
Juliegrace Brufke The House passed a sweeping bipartisan budget deal negotiated by party leaders and the White House Wednesday, angering some conservative House Republicans. The deal passed...