Congress has yet to settle its first budget fight of the year but is already about to move on to an even more consequential fiscal clash. Even as the two parties struggled over the weekend to reach a deal on federal spending for the next six months and avert a government shutdown at the end of the week, House Republicans were completing a budget proposal for next year and beyond. It is likely to spur an ideological showdown over the size of government and the role of entitlement programs like Medicaid and Medicare.

How this showdown plays out holds extreme importance to avoiding the financial train wreck our country is headed toward. We intend to closely monitor all developments and hope to report favorable results.