Fiscal Policy

RIP, Fiscal Conservatism

Haley Byrd and Michael Warren · February 16, 2018 8:00 am

The Daily Standard Podcast Returns!

TWS Podcast · February 13, 2018 6:56 pm

Ugly but Necessary

The Editors · February 9, 2018 9:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., announced a new two-year budget deal Wednesday. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Deficit hawks bash bipartisan Senate spending bill

Joseph Lawler · February 7, 2018 11:01 pm

In recently released transcripts, Jerome Powell, President Trump's nominee for chairman of the Federal Reserve (pictured above), expressed skepticism about major stimulus programs and listened to business executives and hedge fund managers. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

3 clues about Trump’s Fed nominee, Jerome Powell

Joseph Lawler · January 6, 2018 5:01 am

Fiscal conservatives are one of many political groups who have had a difficult relationship with President Trump. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

A New Year’s resolution for fiscal conservatives

Robert Moore · December 30, 2017 5:01 am

Sen. John Cornyn said passing a third 2018 stopgap bill, or continuing resolution, may be all the two parties can agree on by the end of next week because of the significant and numerous disagreements. (AP)

Deficit rose $82 billion to $668 billion in fiscal 2017, budget office estimates

Joseph Lawler · October 6, 2017 9:51 pm

A senior administration official said that the goal of the joint tax reform framework developed by the Trump White House and Republican congressional leadership is meant to be "a middle-class tax cut that is at least as progressive as the current system and that doesnât shift the tax burden from higher-income to lower-income households." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

GOP embraces new standard for tax reform: A more progressive code

Joseph Lawler · September 27, 2017 3:15 pm

Trump Open to Scrapping Debt Ceiling, Breaking with Republicans

Andrew Egger · September 7, 2017 8:04 pm

Rene Ramirez helps move debris from a home damaged by floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017, in Spring, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Justin Amash, Andy Biggs and Thomas Massie defend voting against relief for Hurricane Harvey victims

Sean Langille · September 6, 2017 8:19 pm

Bruce Rauner, Republican governor of Illinois, leads a state increasingly beleaguered with financial problems. Democrats in the state recently overrode his veto to impose tax increases.

The 5 worst fiscally managed states in the USA

Joseph Lawler · July 11, 2017 5:01 am

Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has faced relentless opposition from the state's Democrats as he has tried to cut spending and stand up to powerful unions. (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune via AP)

Beltway Confidential

Illinois downgraded: The Deadbeat State gets deadbeatier

Tom Rogan · June 1, 2017 10:28 pm