Videos

The House Modernization of Congress Committee held a hearing on improving the budget and appropriations process in Congress. The panelists shared their views on the current state of the…

Former federal and state officials took part in a Pew Charitable Trusts forum on recession planning. They talked about about challenges and strategies for implementing the federal stimulus…

Former Governor Jim Douglas (R-VT) and Ted Kulongoski (D-OR) took part in a Pew Charitable Trusts forum on recession planning. They talked about lessons they learned while serving during…

Kellie Mejdrich talked about the continuing resolution providing short-term government funding through November 21, 2019, the House was voting on that day to avert a shutdown at the end of…

Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) criticized Senate Democrats for not agreeing to move ahead with the fiscal year 2020 federal spending package the…

Leaders of the Senate Appropriations Committee - Vice Chair Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Chair Richard Shelby (R-AL) spoke on the Senate floor before a key test vote on FY2020 Spending. The vote…

Caitlin Emma previewed the week ahead in Congress, including the House plans to pass a continuing resolution to avert a government shutdown on September 30th and the status of the…

Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan testified before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee regarding his agency’s fiscal year 2020 budget request. Other…

The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA) held a discussion on fiscal year 2020 defense spending. Travis Sharp, a research fellow for CSBA, discussed the Pentagon’s budget.…

American Action Forum’s Gordon Gray discussed the rising budget deficit and state of the U.S. economy following this week’s stock market losses.

OpenTheBooks.com founder Adam Andrzejewski talked about what his group was doing to shed light on America’s debt and spending habits.

Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul spoke against the two-year federal budget/debt limit agreement, and talked about his amendment to the deal that would lower spending caps over the next…

Georgia Republican David Perdue spoke in favor of the two-year federal budget/debt limit agreement, and implored some of his more fiscally conservative colleagues to support the deal.

Representative Brendan Boyle (D-PA), a member of the Budget Committee, talked about the deal to increase federal spending and raise the government’s borrowing limit.

Representative Dan Meuser (R-PA), a member of the Budget Committee, discusses the deal to increase federal spending and raise the government’s borrowing limit.

The House debated H.R. 3877, a budget and debt agreement that increases spending $324 billion over two years and suspends the debt ceiling until July 31, 2021.

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and other Senate Republican leaders spoke to reporters in the Capitol following their weekly caucus luncheon. Senator McConnell defended the deal…

Jennifer Shutt talked about efforts to raise the debt ceiling and negotiations on a spending cap on the 2020 spending bill.

Concord Coalition’s Robert Bixby discusses the debate over federal spending and raising the debt limit.

Representative Tom Cole (R-OK), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, talked about the debate over federal spending and efforts to avoid another government shutdown.