Federal Budget Blog Posts
What Do Americans Think About Federal Debt?
Facts & Data / December 15th, 2025 / by Victor Allis
In November 2025, AllSides and ActiVote collaborated on a survey on the federal debt with 14 questions, each with 5 possible answers. The survey consisted of three parts: (1) The federal debt, (2) Tax...
See moreWhen Trump Looks Almost, Possibly but Not Quite Vulnerable
Recommended Reading / February 24th, 2025 / by Dan Schnur
We learned last week that Donald Trump is not unstoppable. But no one has figured out how to stop him.
See moreCongress needs to pass 12 funding bills in 11 days to avert a shutdown – here’s why that isn’t likely
Recommended Reading / September 9th, 2023 / by "The Conversation" Contributor
Congress has just 11 days when it’s in session before the next federal fiscal year begins on Oct. 1, 2023. And in that time, it will need to enact all 12 appropriation bills to ensure that government...
See moreDo Earmarks Encourage Bipartisanship?
Recommended Reading / April 26th, 2022 / by Divided We Fall (author)
Would reinstating congressional earmarks improve or hinder legislative gridlock as well as bipartisanship?
See moreDemocrats Seek Intraparty Compromise as Spending Plan is Cut Back
Story of the Week / October 21st, 2021 / by AllSides Staff
Biden has reportedly knocked the spending bill's price tag down from $3.5 trillion to between $1.75 and $1.9 trillion.
See moreCongress Just Reached Two Major Agreements by Overwhelming Margins. How Well Did News Outlets Cover the Stories?
Bias / January 4th, 2021 / by James Coan
Congress agreed to two major pieces of legislation by overwhelming margins in the past few weeks. On December 21, it passed a roughly $900 billion COVID-19 stimulus bill, which also included temporary...
See moreStory of the Week: Congress, Trump Unite to Pass $2.2 Trillion Coronavirus Stimulus
Story of the Week / March 25th, 2020 / by Henry A. Brechter
Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. Updated 3/27/2020 at 4:54 p.m. ET: President Donald Trump signed a $2.2 trillion stimulus bill into law Friday afternoon, ai...
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