With the national debt on track to exceed record levels and recently made worse by the enactment of OBBBA, Congress should ...

Starting August 1, student loan borrowers enrolled in the SAVE Plan will see their loans begin accruing interest again.

Discretionary spending is non-essential spending that isn't mandatory for your basic needs like shelter, food, healthcare, work and personal care. Many expenses are essential, but discretionary ...

Discretionary spending is funding that has to be reset each year by Congress. Mandatory spending, on the other hand, is funding that does not require any specific action by Congress to be spent.

Nondefense discretionary spending accounts for only about 15 percent of total federal expenses. Despite what many Republicans claim, costs are not out of control in this part of the budget, ...

The deal they struck, called the "Fiscal Responsibility Act," capped annual discretionary spending for two years. It also pushed the next action on the federal debt ceiling until after the 2024 ...

Nondefense discretionary spending is projected to represent about 15 percent of federal spending in 2019, or about $669 billion out of the expected budget of over $4.4 trillion, ...