Co-authored by Luke Hogg, the program coordinator for FreedomWorks Foundation.

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently published its long-term budget outlook for the next 30 years, a report designed to provide lawmakers with a “point of comparison” with which they can assess the health of the current and future federal budget. The report shows that the finances of the federal government are a raging dumpster fire.

On behalf of FreedomWorks’ activist community, I urge you to contact your representative and ask him or her to cosponsor the CBO Show Your Work Act, H.R. 1077. Introduced by Rep. Warren Davidson (R-Ohio), the CBO Show Your Work Act would require the Congressional Budget Office to make its models and data available to Congress and the public.

On behalf of FreedomWorks’ activist community, I urge you to contact your representative and ask him or her to cosponsor the Cost Estimates Improvement Act, H.R. 638. Introduced by Rep. Michael Cloud (R-Texas), the Cost Estimates Improvement Act would require the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) to provide the costs of servicing the public debt when producing cost-estimates of legislation and a list of any duplicative activities covered by a bill.

On behalf of FreedomWorks’ activist community, I urge you to contact your senators and ask them to cosponsor the CBO Show Your Work Act, S. 278. Introduced by Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), the CBO Show Your Work Act would require the Congressional Budget Office to make its models and data available to Congress and the public.

Back in April, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released regular budget outlook for the current year and 2019 through 2028 budget window. The report was concerning because it showed that the share of the debt held by the public as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) would increase from 78 percent in 2018 to 96.2 percent in 2028.

The alarm is sounding once again on federal spending, and few in Congress are paying attention serious problems that America faces if it doesn’t get the nation’s finances into order.

Opponents of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which delivered much-needed tax relief to the middle class and business owners large and small, have complained that the law is contributing to the increase in expected budget deficits over the next ten years. Certainly, budget deficits are a serious concern, and Congress has shown no interest in addressing the problem.

Fiscal conservatives rightly opposed the Bipartisan Budget Act, H.R. 1892, because it blew through the spending caps by nearly $300 billion over two years and set the tone for more long-term spending by increasing the baseline at which Congress will budget. Still, this two-year budget deal only covers discretionary spending for FY 2018 and FY 2019 and doesn't touch mandatory spending, which includes programs like Medicare and Social Security whose funding runs on autopilot.

On Monday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its semiannual report on federal spending. The report, The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2018 to 2028, looks at trends in federal spending, budget deficits, and the share of the national debt held by the public. If one is looking at the report through the lens of fiscal conservatism, the picture is ominous to say the least.