A shorter version of this column is featured on CNNMoney.com.It is often said that the most expensive piece ...
Many older Americans pay close attention to the big federal entitlement programs that provide them with benefits. But ...
Two budget experts who are part of The Concord Coalition’s Fiscal Solutions Tour emphasize the importance of Medicare ...
Last week, the House continued to make progress on appropriations bills for Fiscal Year 2012. The House passed ...
Transportation spending will likely return to the agenda on Capitol Hill in the months ahead. The highway authorization ...
Elected officials still seem locked into their negotiating positions on the federal debt limit, leading Moody’s to warn ...
The punch line of an old joke aptly describes the status of budget negotiations in Washington: you can’t ...
With only 1 percent of the federal budget, foreign aid makes up a much smaller part of the ...
Elected officials often approach discussions about deficit reduction as a zero-sum game in which compromise amounts to defeat. ...
Six diverse organizations offered proposals for broad fiscal reform last week at the second annual “Fiscal Summit” in ...
Last week the Senate rejected motions to proceed to four budget proposals. Like this week’s scheduled House vote ...
Later today House Republicans plan to vote down an initial request from the administration to approve an increase ...
