The charts below are based on information from the Congressional Budget Office, which does nonpartisan analysis for Congress.

While spending ... The Debt Per Taxpayer legislation recognizes that not everyone has the time or inclination to scrutinize the annual federal budget and perform a “per capita” calculation ...

Alex Fitzpatrick/Axios Only 13 U.S. states send more money to federal government coffers than they receive, a recent analysis found. Why it matters: The Trump administration's push for states to be ...

Congressional Republicans may seek to drastically cut Medicaid by imposing per capita caps, which would place a hard cap on per-person federal Medicaid spending. At a time when people across ...

The $71.9 billion in foreign aid that the government spent in fiscal year 2023 works out to 1.2% of that year’s total federal ...

Data: USAFacts, National Center for Education Statistics; Chart: Jacque Schrag/Axios President Trump's campaign promise to dismantle the Department of Education could prove more costly for red states ...

California's federal tax receipts per capita was $17,731 while its federal expenditures per capita, excluding temporary COVID-19 spending measures, was $14,492 — or a difference of $3,239 taxes ...