Health care is the fastest-growing type of federal spending, having risen from 7 percent of the federal budget in 1976 to more than a quarter in fiscal year 2015 as health care costs have risen in the industrialized world.
Proposals for U.S. military spending are starkly different. See how they stack up.
Congress is in "recess" from April 7 to April 21, 2017. That means that members of Congress are home in their states or districts -- and they're ready to meet with you.
The Souls of Poor Folk is an assessment of the conditions and trends of poverty today and of the past fifty in the United States.
Tax Day is April 17, 2017. Want to know what your taxes pay for, and who pays what?
