You’ve got deficit hawks (Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, the Concord Coalition), groups on the right (Heritage Action, FreedomWorks, Americans for Prosperity) and a host of groups on t
“We need to have a strong economy,” says Robert L. Bixby, executive director of the nonpartisan Concord Coalition.
The report by the Social Security and Medicare trustees shows that if Congress does nothing, retirees will, by 2035, receive only 77 percent of their promised Social Security benefits.
President Donald Trump’s take-no-hostages approach to the budget — manifest in his opposition to raising spending caps most lawmakers consider too tight — threatens to make the appropriations proce
The Iowa House and Senate held its annual memorial service for legislators who passed away in the last year. Among those remembered was my longtime friend and mentor, former state Senate president
President Trump has now reversed his own budget team on two high-profile cuts, leaving budget experts scratching their heads over the disconnect between the chief executive and the blueprint he sig
As the candidates compete to spend taxpayers’ money, watchdogs said it’ll be important for voters to judge how realistic are the offsetting spending cuts or, more frequently, tax increases.
U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-NH, will open a timely panel on the nation’s health care system April 5 at the Warren B.