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The Tea Party had one tangible achievement to show for all of the havoc it caused: The enactment of spending caps that resulted from the 2011 standoff over raising the debt ceiling. Those caps are now under threat. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)
Columnists

Republicans repeal the Tea Party

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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)
Economy

Deficit hawks bash bipartisan Senate spending bill

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Net interest on the national debt, which must be paid to keep the federal government from defaulting, is estimated to be $316 billion. (iStock)
Op-Eds

A real government shutdown

Gary Wolfram -
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The retirement of the Baby Boom generation is already putting a strain on Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare. Absent action, spending on the big three entitlements is only going to explode in the coming decades as the retired population increases and healthcare costs rise. This is expected to drive debt to dangerous and unsustainable levels. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Columnists

The debt crisis hasn’t been averted — it’s merely being ignored

Philip Klein -
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Hayes: Why Didn’t Trump Mention Our National Debt Even Once?
Magazine

Hayes: Why Didn’t Trump Mention Our National Debt Even Once?

Stephen F. Hayes -
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President Trump made no mention of the need to cut federal spending, and instead argued that federal spending needs to increase in two areas: Defense and Infrastructure. (Win McNamee/Pool via AP)
Infrastructure

One word not in Trump’s speech: ‘Debt’

Pete Kasperowicz -
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Currently, the government is up against the debt ceiling. The Treasury is moving around accounts in order to pay bills as they come due. Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Tuesday he will run out of options sometime in February. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Economy

Steven Mnuchin: Trump would support replacing the debt ceiling with a bipartisan alternative

Joseph Lawler -
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When Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., forced a vote recently on obeying the
Op-Eds

Sen. Rand Paul: The debt and the decline of empire

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News

Republicans divided over future of earmarks after Trump presses for a return

Al Weaver -
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Sen. Rand Paul's office chronicled more than $560 million of wasteful spending in the federal budget, from taxpayer support for clown schools in Argentina, to develop a down marker that counts from 1st down to 4th down in LED lights, and building an expanded parking lot for a casino in Apache, Okla. (iStock Photos)
Opinion

Uncle Sam as Santa Claus: Wasteful spending under the tree

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