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Sep 2017

NIH to drop big bucks on exciting new transgender studies

Jazz Shaw Sep 17, 2017 6:31 PM

This should end well…

Art of the deal? Trump wins big for disaster aid, Pelosi-Schumer pact

Ed Morrissey Sep 08, 2017 12:01 PM

“A bipartisan moment.”

Initial Harvey aid may have lots of baggage attached

Ed Morrissey Sep 06, 2017 1:31 PM

Unclean.

Aug 2017

Will Congress blow disaster aid — again?

Ed Morrissey Aug 29, 2017 8:01 PM

Ride hobby horses and pork barrels another time.

Trump: No really, the Senate has to make this change that’s … unnecessary?

Ed Morrissey Aug 25, 2017 8:41 AM

Disunity.

Welcome to the 2017 edition of shutdown theater

Jazz Shaw Aug 24, 2017 8:01 AM

My way or the highway

Debt ceiling fight: Seems like old times

Ed Morrissey Aug 03, 2017 10:01 AM

Nostalgia.

Jul 2017

Jack Reed and Susan Collins on hot mic: Trump is “crazy,” “I’m worried”

Allahpundit Jul 25, 2017 8:01 PM

Troubled.

McConnell: On second thought, let’s work until mid-August

Ed Morrissey Jul 11, 2017 6:41 PM

Recess delayed, or recess denied?

Time to cancel August recess — for good?

Ed Morrissey Jul 06, 2017 6:01 PM

Anachronism.

Jun 2017

What happens when a state can’t pay their lottery winners?

Jazz Shaw Jun 17, 2017 4:01 PM

The mob is generally better organized than this

May 2017

“Markedly improving”? Q1 GDP estimate upgraded … to 1.2%

Ed Morrissey May 26, 2017 2:41 PM

Meh.

Selling off the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is still a bad idea, Mr. President

Jazz Shaw May 23, 2017 12:31 PM

To the highest bidder

Christie: Naah, Trump won’t defund the drug war

Ed Morrissey May 09, 2017 4:41 PM

“I have good reason to believe it’s not going to happen.”

Ryan: “We’re getting extremely close” on AHCA

Ed Morrissey May 03, 2017 10:01 AM

No vote this week?

Trump: Hey, who’s up for a shutdown in September?

Ed Morrissey May 02, 2017 11:21 AM

Also: Get rid of the filibuster.

Apr 2017

Video: Special snowflakes angry with Trump invade… the Heritage Foundation?

Jazz Shaw Apr 25, 2017 6:01 PM

So this should be productive

Mar 2017

Sunday morning talking heads

Allahpundit Mar 19, 2017 8:01 AM

Money.

Politico: Republicans attack WH budget, but ….

Ed Morrissey Mar 17, 2017 12:01 PM

Shaping the battleground.

Trump budget: $4.1B for wall, deep cuts to State, Ag, EPA

Ed Morrissey Mar 16, 2017 10:01 AM

Tests.

Hot new idea out of California: maybe teachers shouldn’t have to pay state income taxes

Jazz Shaw Mar 14, 2017 10:41 AM

Your state government must be very well off…

Paying for the wall — Coast Guard, TSA, FEMA, and Secret Service?

Ed Morrissey Mar 09, 2017 2:01 PM

How about Mexico? “Uh … no.”

Some caution is required in trimming the NOAA budget

Jazz Shaw Mar 06, 2017 6:21 PM

This might be one that calls for a scalpel instead of an ax

Feb 2017

If fiscal conservatives fail this year the movement is essentially dead

Jazz Shaw Feb 21, 2017 10:41 AM

If we don’t do it now it’s simply not going to get done

And the cuts roll-on. A few more thoughts on the Trump budget

Jazz Shaw Feb 18, 2017 8:31 PM

The new broom may be sweeping a lot of stuff into the trash

PBS, NEA, AmeriCorps on the chopping block in Trump’s first budget

John Sexton Feb 18, 2017 7:01 PM

“…supporters dragged Big Bird and Kermit the Frog to Capitol Hill to make their case.”

Trump’s Mar-a-Lago trips are costing the local sheriff’s department a fortune

Jazz Shaw Feb 15, 2017 2:01 PM

Expensive real estate and high-end visitors

Jan 2017

That California bullet train is turning out to be a real bargain… not

Jazz Shaw Jan 14, 2017 1:01 PM

A bargain at twice the price? You’d better hope so.

Dec 2016

SEIU making huge budget cuts in preparation for Trump

Jazz Shaw Dec 31, 2016 12:31 PM

Hard rain’s gonna fall

Senate Dems to shut down government — and ask Trump for support?

Ed Morrissey Dec 09, 2016 12:01 PM

Manchin v Manchin on shutdowns.

Nov 2016

Come on: Trump considering president of Goldman Sachs for budget chief?

Allahpundit Nov 30, 2016 1:31 PM

OMB.

NIH: No, we don’t really know where your tax dollars are going

Jazz Shaw Nov 23, 2016 12:11 PM

A few billion here, a few billion there…

Oct 2016

Budget savvy: Guess how much the federal government spends per year on public relations

Jazz Shaw Oct 06, 2016 2:41 PM

Getting the good word out is important… apparently to the tune of billions

Aug 2016

The VA has finally reached peak efficiency… with interior designers

Jazz Shaw Aug 09, 2016 12:31 PM

I can’t even…

Obama: I’m pretty tired of certain people trash-talking America’s military and troops

Allahpundit Aug 01, 2016 5:31 PM

Okay.

Apr 2016

Has Kansas given up on tax cuts?

Jazz Shaw Apr 20, 2016 8:01 AM

Running on empty

Harry Reid is playing hide and seek with your tax dollars

Dustin Siggins Apr 14, 2016 4:01 PM

Follow the money … if you can.

Mar 2016

US Army considers “controversial” move to using Glock G19s

Jazz Shaw Mar 23, 2016 11:21 AM

Working hard for the money

Feb 2016

Forget George W. Bush… Maryland Democrats have Hogan Derangement Syndrome

Jazz Shaw Feb 24, 2016 12:31 PM

Unhinged Democrats gone wild

Obama budget busts the $4 trillion mark

Ed Morrissey Feb 11, 2016 5:21 PM

Inanity and insanity.

North Dakota moves to budget cuts as oil industry stalls

Jazz Shaw Feb 02, 2016 5:21 PM

But they prepared for a rainy day

Dec 2015

Breaking: Omnibus passes House 316-113; Update: Senate approves, 65-33

Ed Morrissey Dec 18, 2015 10:19 AM

Down the hatch.

Nov 2015

Senate passes new defense bill with blocks on Gitmo transfers, 91-3

Ed Morrissey Nov 10, 2015 5:21 PM

Get ready for the autopen.