The obscure reason it’s hard for Congress to save lives | Vox

When curing disease is bad for the federal budget...

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/422598/congress-budget-dynamic-scoring-longevity 

 

Polls: Voters disapprove of Trump's economic policies

61% of people surveyed said they disapproved of Trump's handling of tariffs, while 52% said they disapproved of his handling of the federal budget.

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/12/trump-economic-policies-voters-disapprove-poll

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Trump plans constitutional showdown with Congress over federal budget - The Washington Post

The Constitution gives control over spending to Congress, but Trump and his aides maintain that the president should have much more discretion — including the authority to cease programs altogether, even if lawmakers fund them. Depending on the response from the Supreme Court and Congress, Trump's plans could upend the balance of power between the three branches of the federal government…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/06/07/trump-budget-impoundment-congress/

Do Jesse Watters’ claims about the federal budget, LGBTQ+ and DEI funding add up - PolitiFact

Fox News host Jesse Watters' five-part claim about programs funded by the latest federal budget ranges from missing context to inaccurate…
https://www.politifact.com/article/2024/mar/29/do-jesse-watters-claims-about-the-federal-budget-l/

The challenge of slicing the federal budget, visualized - The Washington Post

If you exclude defense or veterans programs from cuts, you need to eliminate a third of what's left. Take out Social Security and Medicare, too, and suddenly you have to cut basically everything...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/26/house-republicans-spending-debt-ceiling/

The Iraq War has cost the US nearly $2 trillion

The Costs of Wars project was started in 2011 to assess the long-term consequences of the post-9/11 wars. Project co-director Neta C. Crawford, professor and chair of political science at Boston University, explains the major implications of the Iraq War for the federal budget. ....
http://theconversation.com/the-iraq-war-has-cost-the-us-nearly-2-trillion-129617