With federal spending legislation set to expire next week, appropriators continue to work on a tardy “omnibus” plan ...
Lawmakers are now focusing on extending a series of tax provisions mainly benefiting businesses for one year after ...
The federal agency that insures pension benefits ran a record deficit of $62 billion in Fiscal 2014, up ...
Members of Congress went home for their Thanksgiving break amid growing doubts about whether they will be able ...
Congressional appropriators are continuing to negotiate on legislation to fund the government in Fiscal 2015, which began Oct. ...
With the contentious mid-term elections over, elected officials should look forward to seize opportunities for bipartisan compromise to ...
Republicans and Democrats alike sounded some encouraging notes on potential bipartisan cooperation in the wake of last week’s ...
One of the most immediate tasks facing the lame-duck Congress as it returns to Capitol Hill today is ...
Last Wednesday, President Obama requested approximately $6.2 billion to combat the Ebola epidemic. As Congress examines and debates ...
Looking towards today’s election and beyond, two former U.S. House members in Iowa recently urged aspiring political leaders ...
Twenty years ago a bipartisan commission on entitlement and tax reform headed by Senators J. Robert Kerrey (D-Neb.) ...
The next Congress will face difficult budget issues, ranging from the pending insolvency of the trust fund for Social ...
