I. Introduction Federal borrowing is once again near the statutory debt limit. At the end of last year, Secretary ...
Although recession-related pressures on state budgets may be easing, governors and other state officials around the country are ...
Over the weekend, President Obama signed legislation to provide an initial $9.7 billion in disaster relief funding for ...
The 113th Congress convened last week amid widespread concern that the fiscal cliff legislation – signed Wednesday by ...
On his way out the door, retiring Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) had a lot to ...
As they continue wrestling with the nation’s fiscal and economic challenges, elected officials in Washington would do well ...
When faced with the numbers, most Americans are willing to take on the shared sacrifice necessary to eventually ...
After months of debate and negotiation, Congress on Tuesday approved legislation to avoid the most immediate consequences of ...
Once again we have a political punt. With no time left on the clock, Senate Democrats and Republicans ...
For the third week in a row, I will be discussing the nation’s fiscal challenges on C-SPAN’s Washington ...
The pace of budget negotiations between President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner has picked up in recent ...
In the Senate last week, the Democratic Steering Committee selected Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.) to lead the Budget ...
