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 ...
A pediatrician with a reputation for improving both the quality and efficiency of health care has been tapped ...
In the weeks ahead, climate change and energy issues are likely to be in the news again. Recently ...
The Senate Budget Committee has approved a budget resolution that calls for deficits to be reduced $671 billion ...
Prior to the April recess, the Senate failed to approve a month-long extension of unemployment and COBRA health ...
One of the first post-recess priorities for the Appropriations Committees in Congress will likely be considering legislation for ...
The Treasury Department has released preliminary spending and revenue totals for the first half of the fiscal year ...
