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Budget and Spending Reform

The Governance team tackles how to modernize and improve our electoral system to elect a government worthy of public trust, and addresses how to run a government and ensure effective policymaking. Specifically, the Governance team examines the issues created by unfettered government growth, mismanagement and waste of taxpayer funds, and how to restore the proper balance of power between Congress, the executive branch, and the judiciary. Sign up for updates here.

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Analysis Budget and Spending Reform, Governance

Reconciliation 3.0 Could Be Worse (and a Whole Lot Better)

Nan Swift July 27, 2026
Analysis Budget and Spending Reform, Federal Government Affairs, Governance

Debt and National Security Part 2: Borrowing Away American Global Influence

July 23, 2026
News Budget and Spending Reform, Governance

Statement on the debt implications of “Reconciliation 3.0”

Grace Pewitt July 16, 2026
Analysis Budget and Spending Reform, Federal Government Affairs, Governance

Debt and National Security Part 1: Borrowing Away Military Flexibility

July 9, 2026
Analysis Budget and Spending Reform, Federal Government Affairs, Governance

Limits of Budget Reconciliation Under the Byrd Rule’s “Merely Incidental” Test

Jeremy Dalrymple June 3, 2026
Op-Eds Budget and Spending Reform, Executive Branch, Federal Government Affairs, Finance and Trade, South, State Policy, Trade

Georgia liberated from Trump tariffs, but still paying high price

Marc Hyden May 4, 2026 The Newnan Times-Herald
Analysis Budget and Spending Reform, Executive Branch, Federal Government Affairs, Governance

President’s Fiscal Year ‘27 Budget Signals Turbulence Ahead for Annual Funding Process

Nan Swift April 30, 2026
Op-Eds Budget and Spending Reform, Federal Government Affairs, Finance and Trade, Governance, Pensions

Pension Reforms Are Working. Leave Them Alone.

Chris McIsaac April 14, 2026 Governing
Analysis Budget and Spending Reform, Federal Government Affairs, Governance, Restoring the First Branch

Don’t Let the “War on Fraud” Become Another DOGE

Nan Swift March 9, 2026
Op-Eds Budget and Spending Reform, Governance, South, State Policy

A taxing path to cost-of-living relief

Marc Hyden March 9, 2026 The Newnan Times-Herald

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