Former CBO directors Rudolph Penner and Alice Rivlin were among the budget experts who testified in front of ...
Members of the new congressional committee on deficit reduction are showing considerable interest in the idea of revamping ...
On Capitol Hill this week, attention is turning to a continuing resolution (CR). Because Congress will not complete ...
In a new report, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has estimated the automatic spending cuts that would occur ...
President Obama offered his deficit-reduction recommendations to the congressional super committee on Monday, urging the panel to find ...
With less than three weeks remaining in the fiscal year, Congress is heading towards another failure to complete ...
The new congressional “super committee” meets today amid growing pressure from various quarters to look for ways to ...
President Obama yesterday sent Congress the American Jobs Act, a set of proposals that he says will provide ...
Speculation continues over whether congressional Democrats and Republicans might be able to reach some sort of agreement on ...
Many Americans ask why it is so difficult to rein in federal spending. Former U.S. Sen. John Danforth ...
After Republicans and Democrats on the new super committee held separate discussions last week, the co-chairs announced that ...
The administration has lowered its deficit projections from last February but cautions that further action is needed to ...