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U.S. Rep. Jim Renacci (R-Ohio) introduced a constructive resolution last week to better enforce congressional rules against fiscally irresponsible legislation. The Budget Enforcement Awareness Resolution would make it harder for House lawmakers to waive budget-related “points of order,” which are…

The budget resolution favored by House Republican leaders remains in doubt despite its winning approval on a 20-16 vote in the Budget Committee last week. Hopes for a full House vote this week have fallen by the wayside, with the…

In advance of contests in several key primary and caucus states today, The Concord Coalition recently reminded all presidential candidates that the rising national debt will affect the feasibility of their policy proposals “The debt is your running mate,” Concord’s…

House Budget Chair Tom Price (R-Ga.) says his committee will consider tomorrow a budget resolution favored by GOP leaders and introduced today despite insistent opposition from some Republican lawmakers to discretionary spending levels that were set in a bipartisan agreement…

The Obama administration reported last week that it had achieved an initial goal of moving the Medicare payment system towards one that rewards value instead of volume. As announced in January of 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services…

House leaders head back to the drawing board after failing to convince reticent lawmakers to support a budget resolution that adheres to discretionary spending levels set in last fall’s budget agreement. House Budget Chair Tom Price’s (R-Ga.) proposal to offset…

The economy has shown “substantial strength” in the past year, with rapid job growth, rising wages and growing consumer confidence, according to the 70th annual Economic Report of the President. But the report, released last week by the President’s Council…

House Republicans continue to debate how to approach this year’s budget work, with a large faction -- the Republican Study Committee (RSC) -- joining in the opposition to additional spending that was part of a bipartisan budget agreement last fall.…