House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer stirred considerable discussion in Washington with a thoughtful speech last week emphasizing the ...
A Washington Post editorial today sums up a bunch of different strands of thinking about the federal budget ...
Debate on the so-called “extenders” bill has focused on the size and duration of unemployment benefits, health insurance ...
The Obama administration sent a letter to Congress over the weekend requesting $50 billion in spending to support ...
Deficits remain a big focus in Washington as President Obama, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and members of ...
The Obama administration has announced a very small effort to reduce deficit spending, and yet liberal groups are ...
How large is the federal debt? That's something of a trick question in economic circles, and some analysts ...
Before leaving Washington for the Memorial Day recess, the House passed a scaled back version of a bill ...
There’s debate over whether the President’s fiscal commission should focus on total federal debt or just the part ...
While we publish a weekly Washington Budget Report (sign up here), we wanted to direct your attention to ...
The extenders bill that the House will consider this week is a timely reminder of why it ...
With pressure mounting to show progress in reining in the nation’s unsustainable structural budget deficit, Social Security reform ...
