Where have the Big Beautiful Bill’s discretionary savings gone?

Once again, Washington, D.C., is engaged in the age-old “will they or won’t they shut down the government?” debate, while most Americans roll their eyes. But something we were promised mere months ago is glaringly absent from the conversation.

At the moment, Republican leaders are insisting on a clean continuing resolution to keep the government funded through November 21, just in time to pressure their colleagues with a pre-turkey shutdown. Meanwhile, Democrats in the minority position hold firm on their demand for extending enhanced Obamacare subsidies.