“I commend the Congress for this landmark legislation,” Nixon said. “… This bill will allow the Congress to step up to full and equal responsibility for controlling Federal expenditures.” President ...

We need fundamental budget reform in this country. A two-year budget cycle with automatic funding when legislators fail to act would be a good start.

This year has, unfortunately, provided some excellent illustrations of Congress’s dysfunction. We are currently emerging from a record-long shutdown. Senate Democrats filibustered funding in a doomed ...

As Congress begins its summer recess, concerns grow over its ability to pass a full-year budget by the end of September, with bipartisan cooperation needed to avoid a government shutdown. Members of ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s budget chief suggested Thursday that he doesn’t need Congress or the Constitution to force through massive cuts to federal spending, hinting that more such cuts ...

A bipartisan bill would withhold pay from members of Congress if they fail to pass a budget on time. Congress has not passed all required spending bills on time since 1996. Due to the 27th Amendment, ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon's U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley is leading an effort to demand the Congressional Budget Office investigate the cost of the Trump administration's decision to deploy National Guard ...

The Congressional Budget Office on Thursday confirmed it had been hacked, potentially disclosing important government data to malicious actors. The small government office, with some 275 employees, ...