Deficit

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.

Introduction

Despite a pending government shutdown and looming debt default, this week federal lawmakers in Washington were hyper-focused on the House reconciliation legislation, the second installmen

This week on Facing the Future we went from Georgia to Colorado and back to Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON -- While the nation’s attention is justifiably focused on multiple other crises, today’s publication of the Social Security

Introduction

The impact of the Social Security program on the Federal budget has been the subject of much controversy and confusion.  Indeed, disagreement between the

Budget Breakthrough

Democrats announced in early July that the progressive and moderate wings of the party had agreed to a top line spending level of $3.5 trillion for the upcoming reconcili

This week on Facing the Future we waded into several fast-breaking budget developments in Washington, including the Senate's bipartisan infrastructure plan and the upcoming budget resolut