The stakes in Washington’s current budget battles are particularly high for college students and other young Americans, according to a Concord Coalition chapter on the Madison campus of the University of Wisconsin. (more…)
With the latest exchange of offers, President Obama and House Speaker Boehner have moved closer to a deal that would reduce the deficit by about $2 trillion over the next decade. On the surface, the split between spending cuts and…
Dozens of lawmakers in both parties have signed a letter to congressional leaders that says a bipartisan agreement to avoid the fiscal cliff should include “a long-term, comprehensive deficit reduction plan.”Leading the effort are Representatives Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.), Steven LaTourette…
The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) on Monday released an update of the broad plan for fiscal reform that its Debt Reduction Task Force recommended in late 2010. The update, like the original version, takes what the task force describes as…
