Last January, members of Congress paired up with colleagues of the opposite party for the State of the Union Address. It was a welcome, if symbolic, display of political civility. In the ensuing months, Congress and the Obama administration have…
The Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction is receiving an earful of advice as congressional committees and individual lawmakers offered a wide variety of recommendations, many of them at odds with each other.Congressional committees were asked to submit their suggestions…
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is urging Congress to focus on achieving long-run fiscal sustainability in the federal budget while avoiding action that could “impede the ongoing recovery.”These two objectives are compatible, Bernanke assured the Joint Economic Committee in his…
Iowa residents were urged last week to help focus the 2012 election on fixing the federal government’s long-term budget problems. Two prominent experts on the federal budget emphasized that point to college students, business and civic leaders, journalists and others…
