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Twenty-one percent of Americans are planning to work their entire lives, according to a recent survey by the Pew Charitable Trusts. The household survey found that in addition to those who said they had no plans to retire, 53 percent…

The economy is growing, health care inflation has slowed and the federal deficit has dropped in recent years. Yet the federal budget remains on an unsustainable path -- and two men who represented New Hampshire in Congress in the 1990s…

House and Senate Republicans this week are unveiling separate budget plans for Fiscal 2016, emphasizing the need for deficit reduction but also showing some differences that could complicate this year’s appropriations work. The House plan, released Tuesday, calls for $5.6…

With less than three months before the highway bill enacted last July expires, Congress must move quickly to agree on a reliable source of revenue for the transportation program. The Highway Trust Fund has historically operated on a “user pays”…

Former U.S. congressmen William H. Zeliff (R-N.H.) and Richard N. Swett (D-N.H.) revisited their time on Capitol Hill when they spoke to the Manchester Rotary Club last week on a familiar topic: Fixing the federal budget. While representing different parties,…

In less than three months, the highway bill enacted last July will expire and the program’s trust fund will face imminent depletion. (more…)

After a 13-month hiatus, the debt limit is set to return to the national spotlight when it will be reinstated Monday and raised to the debt’s current level. What the Treasury Department calls “extraordinary measures,” however, would allow the government…

The New Democrat Coalition -- 46 House members who describe themselves as the "pro-growth, fiscally responsible wing of the Democratic Party" -- announced a new platform last week designed to strengthen the role of moderates in Congress. The platform, dubbed…