A hearing by the House Ways and Means Social Security subcommittee last week drew attention to the impending insolvency of the Disability Insurance (DI) trust fund in 2016. While there were some disagreements, there was also a clear bipartisan consensus…
This year’s Economic Report of the President cheers 2014 as a “breakthrough year” for the country’s recovery and advocates policies that the administration says will encourage further growth and strengthen the middle class. “The unemployment rate plunged to its lowest…
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently reported improvements since 2013 in many problematic areas in the federal government but also noted growing concerns in veterans health care, information technology and tax law enforcement. The agency’s new biennial update on “high-risk”…
For the first time in the new Congress, House Republicans voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) -- something they have done dozens of times in previous years. The House vote last week was 239-186, generally along party lines,…
