In the face of a veto threat from President Obama, the Senate is expected to vote this week on a defense authorization bill. In a statement of administration policy issued last week, the administration said the legislation lacks cost-saving reforms…
If you went to the doctor but left with only a diagnosis, you might wish some possible remedies had been offered as well. That’s where we are in politics, according to a guest column Sunday in the Sioux City Journal…
First Budget, a nonpartisan effort to raise awareness of the nation’s fiscal challenges during the 2016 presidential campaign, is already making its presence felt in Iowa and New Hampshire. A joint initiative of The Concord Coalition and the Campaign to…
In a 269-151 vote, House lawmakers on Friday passed the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act. There were strong and understandable objections from some lawmakers in both parties, however, over the use of war funding designations to circumvent caps on defense…
