President Obama reminded lawmakers that they must replenish the Highway Trust Fund soon when he recently sent a 6-year, $478 billion transportation proposal to Capitol Hill. Both surface transportation programs and payments to the Highway Trust Fund from the general…
A group of Iowans today got a chance to do something that has long eluded Congress: Make tough budget choices to put the federal deficit on a sustainable downward path. They did so in the hope that these kinds of…
This week the House of Representatives is poised to vote on a legislative package that would permanently change how physicians are paid in Medicare. The legislation would eliminate the need for annual “doc fixes” -- a more than decade-long ritual…
The House and Senate Budget Committees passed proposed budgets last week but infighting over defense spending has left Republican leaders scrambling to solidify support for the plans. Both budgets promise to reduce and eventually end deficits over the next decade…
