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With last week’s passage of a short-term Continuing Resolution funding the government and a debt limit increase, elected officials gave themselves a tight set of deadlines to finally put together a budget plan that might consider more structural, long-range fiscal…

The federal debt limit is actually a case of mistaken identity, according to Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert L. Bixby.“While you would think that a ‘debt limit’ would exert control over the nation’s fiscal policies, it does not,” he says…

Worried and frustrated by Washington’s latest fiscal fights, a panel of experts on the federal budget last week faulted elected officials in both parties for irresponsibility, inflexibility and, in some cases, lack of common sense.The situation led former senator Sam…

President Obama announced last week that he would nominate Federal Reserve Vice Chair Janet Yellen to succeed Ben Bernanke as Fed chairman.If confirmed by the Senate, Dr. Yellen is widely expected to continue the policies supported by Bernanke; she is…

We will soon see whether there is any remaining capacity in the U.S. political system to reach compromise across partisan lines for the common good. Republican congressional leaders say that if President Obama wants the government to reopen and the…

Reflecting the sour public mood towards Washington, a panel of experts on the federal budget described themselves Thursday night as worried, puzzled, frustrated and disappointed as the fiscal stalemate dragged on. They faulted top political leaders and other elected officials…

Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert L. Bixby and other speakers at the University of Denver on Friday put the spotlight on the high risks of irresponsible fiscal policies to young Americans.Although the federal deficit dropped significantly in the fiscal year…

Despite the partial government shutdown, the online health insurance exchanges included in the Affordable Care Act went live last Tuesday, with federal officials reporting heavy user traffic.Sixteen states and the District of Columbia are running their own health exchanges. In…