Tag Archives: federal budget

Yarmuth says ‘King-for-a-Day’ rule deprives both parties

Arguing that a new House Budget Committee rule disenfranchises Democrats and Republicans, U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth, D-Ky. issued a blistering statement reacting to the $36 billion cuts that chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., submitted into the Congressional Record earlier this week. From Yarmuth’s office: “One of the founding principles of our nation is that elected representatives of [...]

What We Pay For

“This is your federal budget,” the website What We Pay For reveals, and in all its numerical glory. All you gotta do is plug in how much you make each year, and the site’s nifty cost calculator can break down how much of your annual pittance goes toward things like national “defense,” Medicare and other [...]