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Legislation to revamp the nation’s immigration laws is on track for Senate approval this week after an expensive border security amendment passed a key procedural vote yesterday. The amendment would cut into the projected savings of the original legislation, providing…

Last week the House of Representatives unexpectedly failed to pass a new 5-year farm bill. Without legislation, policies covering everything from crop insurance and commodity subsidies to conservation programs and food stamps will revert to the 1949 farm bill --…

Chad Laurie is an intern at The Concord Coalition. (more…)

As demographic challenges and health care costs continue to cloud the federal budget outlook, a panel of experts called for substantive fiscal reform at a forum in West Palm Beach, Fla. last week.It was the latest in a series of…

Looking into the details of the recent Social Security Trustees report shows that waiting to reform the program onto a sustainable path will make the job more difficult than if we take action now.An analysis by one of Social Security’s…

After a long period of abnormally low interest rates, their recent uptick has led to considerable volatility in the credit markets and has renewed concerns about an increase in borrowing costs for the federal government.The good news is that rising…

One big reason why pundits and policymakers should exercise caution about declaring “mission accomplished” based on near-term deficit projections by the Congressional Budget Office: When projecting future taxation and spending levels, the CBO is legally required to assume that current…

The blame game over a possible government shutdown has begun three and a half months before the end of the fiscal year.That much, but little else, became clear last week as President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner traded accusations…