A key test of the new pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) law is taking shape as Congress considers how, or whether, ...
Holding up Dwight D. Eisenhower as a model, Defense Secretary Robert Gates is urging the American military to ...
Over the next few weeks, we will be hearing a lot about supplemental appropriations and emergency spending as ...
A recent story on CNN-Money by Steve Hargreaves asks “What will BP really pay?” I think a more fundamental question ...
The federal government ran an estimated budget deficit last month of $85 billion, marking the second year in ...
The President’s bipartisan fiscal commission faces a high hurdle. It must find consensus among 14 of its 18 ...
Over the next few weeks, we will hear a lot about "emergency spending" as Congress turns to a ...
The BP oil spill reveals the risks associated with oil production, risks that translate into large social costs ...
New health care legislation will increase national health spending by an estimated $311 billion over the next decade, ...
President Obama handed his bipartisan fiscal commission two very ambitious assignments: Find ways to balance the budget excluding ...
With President Obama’s bipartisan fiscal commission preparing for its first meeting tomorrow, some lawmakers are wisely urging its ...
A pediatrician with a reputation for improving both the quality and efficiency of health care has been tapped ...