Long wars like the one in Afghanistan require huge amounts of spending and the maintenance of huge government bureaucracies.

Dennis Rehberg may do a lot of talking about the need for cuts in spending, but the truth is that he’s among the biggest earmark spenders in the House of Representatives.

Mike Quigley spoke in the House of Representatives this week, calling upon his Democratic colleagues in Congress to push for cuts to ineffective and inefficient military programs.

When it comes to the military budget, Senator Jon Kyl abandons the very principles of fiscal responsibility that seemed so forthright in his speech yesterday.

The federal budget is much bigger than just a few earmarks, or a portion of a Representative’s salary, and voter evaluation of Ron Kind’s fiscal responsibility needs to encompass this bigger picture, not just the posture suggested by a few convenient talking points.

If Representative Kirkpatrick is going to be truly effective in working to cut government spending, she will need to do more than just fiddle around on the margins.

Lincoln Diaz-Balart and his brother Mario (also a U.S. Respresentative) have accepted donations from Susan and Edmund Benson, the founders and directors of the Arise Foundation. Perhaps this relationship helps Diaz-Balart see beyond his opposition to federal government spending that he applies to the rest of the nation

Given Chris Dodd’s recent connection to corruption scandals, his retirement won’t be much of a loss for either the Senate Democrats in general, or for progressives in particular.

The next time the Democratic Party is searching for a presidential candidate, it would do well to remember Russ Feingold, the one U.S. Senator who was willing this year to do more than just talk about fiscal responsibility.

Phil Gingrey isn’t really against big government spending sprees. He’s just against spending sprees by Democrats that don’t send money to his own congressional district.