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A top priority for lawmakers before leaving Capitol Hill next month for the presidential nominating conventions is reconciling differences over funding to combat the Zika virus. The administration has requested $1.9 billion. It also says funding for fighting the Zika…

Many millennials have high hopes for the future that include addressing climate change, pioneering improvements in health care, making college more affordable and keeping the country strong. But Chase Hagaman, New England regional director for The Concord Coalition, says millennials…

New research from experts at the Urban Institute could change the way policymakers view the corporate income tax and might have a major impact on corporate tax reform efforts. The corporate tax has long been a target for bipartisan criticism,…

The Obama administration is threatening to veto defense policy legislation passed by the House last week that contains a war-funding gimmick. The National Defense Authorization Act would shift $18 billion from the Overseas Contingency Operations fund to the military’s basic…

Some House lawmakers are attempting to increase defense funding above the caps set by a recent bipartisan agreement through questionable alterations in a special fund for war spending. When approving the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act last month, the House…

Experts from across the political spectrum warned of the harmful consequences of unsustainable budget policies at the Peter G. Peterson Foundation’s annual fiscal summit Wednesday in Washington. Those consequences include the risks of slower economic growth, lower living standards, inadequate…

Donald Trump, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, has stirred up considerable controversy by suggesting that the federal government might be able to “make a deal” with its creditors to pay less than they were owed. Many economists and fiscal experts…

In a bipartisan program on Capitol Hill last week, two fiscal experts pointed to several factors that are driving long-term federal borrowing and called for a renewed focus on deficit reduction. Alan Viard of the American Enterprise Institute and Joe…