With the automatic spending cuts required by the Budget Control Act (BCA) scheduled to begin taking effect next ...
With a 241-180 vote, the House last week approved legislation to provide $50.5 billion in appropriations to aid ...
As policymakers look towards the upcoming budget debates over the debt ceiling and “automatic” spending cuts (the sequester), ...
Many states face severe fiscal challenges that could be made even more difficult by Washington’s budget problems, according ...
Although recession-related pressures on state budgets may be easing, governors and other state officials around the country are ...
Over the weekend, President Obama signed legislation to provide an initial $9.7 billion in disaster relief funding for ...
The 113th Congress convened last week amid widespread concern that the fiscal cliff legislation – signed Wednesday by ...
After months of debate and negotiation, Congress on Tuesday approved legislation to avoid the most immediate consequences of ...
The federal debt is a “ticking time bomb” that puts the U.S. economy at risk, jeopardizes our standard ...
The House voted 329-91 last week to approve a continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government through March ...
Last Friday the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released a report detailing the effects of automatic spending ...
Beginning in January, approximately $109 billion in across-the-board spending cuts are scheduled to automatically take effect. Known in ...
