Buried Within Omnibus Bill, A 'Long-Term Blank Check For War Spending': 12/12/2014

Sarah Lazare - Common Dreams

Analysts warn that "emergency" war spending fund, which was supposed to be temporary, has become permanent fixture that inflates Pentagon's budget

The Ominous Cromnibus: 12/12/2014

Isaiah J. Poole - Campaign for America's Future

With all of the justifiable anger directed at what’s in the 2015 spending bill – the omnibus continuing resolution or “cromnibus” – that the House struggled to pass late Thursday, there is also a major story to be told about what’s not in the bill. 

Congress And Pentagon Shielding Weapons Contracts From Budget Cuts: 12/11/2014

Thomas Hedges - The Real News Network

Lawmakers and military administrators are shifting baseline funding to the Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) budget, which is exempt from mandatory cuts.

Watchdogs Brace For Surprises In Massive $1.014t Spending Bill: 12/07/2014

Rebecca Shabad - The Hill

$300,000 An Hour: The Cost Of Fighting Isis: 11/12/2014

Uri Friedman - The Atlantic

How To Save The Economy And Slow Climate Change At The Same Time: 11/03/2014

Lindsay Koshgarian & Heidi Garrett-Peltier - OurFuture.org

Experts Question Gop’S Isis-Sequester Link : 10/26/2014

Rebecca Shabad - The Hill

Defense Hopes For Sequester Relief: 10/26/2014

Martin Matishak and Rebecca Shabad - The Hill

Three Winning Ways To Create Jobs: 10/21/2014

Lindsay Koshgarian - Campaign for America's Future

The Government Cut A Valuable Report On Federal Spending On States. Now Two Think Tanks Are Trying To Recreate It: 10/16/2014

Niraj Chokshi - The Washington Post