Federal Budget

This week on Facing the Future we took a step back from the day-to-day budget battles in Washington to consider the overall fiscal outlook.

Earlier this week the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced the annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for next year (2022) would be 5.9 percent.  That’s slightly more than the

This week the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) published its final monthly budget review for FY 2021.

This week on Facing the Future, we sorted through the various internal divisions among congressional Democrats that have slowed President Biden’s legislative agenda.

As Democrats in Congress continue to meet with President Biden to determine the ultimate size and scope of their social spending plan, it’s worth taking a minute to step back and consider

Earlier this week, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen sent her fourth letter to Congress,

Introduction

The annual Social Security and Medicare Trustees’ reports make numerous economic and demographic assumptions to project the long-term financial status of

This week on Facing the Future, we got a bipartisan view of a big week in Washington from two veteran Capitol Hill staffers,

For several months, Republicans and Democrats in Washington, DC have been barreling towards each other on a collision course over a pair of looming fiscal deadlines.