Congressional Budget Office

The first time a president withheld funds for something approved by Congress, it led to the Impoundment Control Act. We’ll soon find out if that law has teeth.

Health care spending grew more slowly in the past two years than it has in over five decades.

Regulators with no democratic accountability keep bailing out banks and big depositors — at the cost of billions to taxpayers.

In the 20th century, a moral economy of “whites-only” wealth animated federal policies and programs that created the propertied white middle class.

For 30 years, the debate has largely ignored the soaring costs of inaction.

If you look hard enough, you can almost find ideological consistency in the Republicans’ breathtaking tax bill.

For decades, Democrats have positioned themselves as fiscally responsible while Republicans happily hand tax cuts to the rich.