As Europe’s debt crisis worsens, American officials and analysts have expressed growing concern about the potential damage it ...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged Washington to both provide short-term support for the U.S. economic recovery ...
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has warned that the Pentagon’s base budgetary plans would exceed the spending caps ...
Election-year politics were on full display last week as Democrats and Republicans pushed familiar positions on taxes and ...
Although intense partisanship has repeatedly sidetracked Congress this year, some lawmakers have risen above it in trying to ...
This post was co-authored with Louise Mackey, intern from the Washington Ireland Program This post was co-authored with Louise Mackey, intern ...
In a 64-35 vote, the Senate last week approved bipartisan legislation to reauthorize farm programs for the next ...
Lately it seems impossible to talk about the U.S. economy’s ailments and challenges without mentioning the rest of ...
Several dozen House members told President Obama last week that they supported Speaker John Boehner’s position that the ...
Uncertainty over how elected officials will deal with key fiscal decisions this year is already “weighing on the ...
Cost inflation in health care slowed significantly between 2009 and 2011, and updated projections from the Medicare actuaries ...
Pointing to warnings from congressional budget experts and the trustees who oversee Medicare and Social Security, ...
