The country’s fiscal challenges and their impact on the economy dominated a Washington forum last week on domestic policy issues in this year’s presidential campaign.The program, presented by National Journal and the Society for Human Resource Management, featured three panelists:…
Federal budgeting isn’t for the faint of heart. The tax code alone consists of tens of thousands of pages. Then there's the defense budget, the other eleven annual appropriations bills, Medicare, Medicaid, the need to modernize Social Security . .…
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released an excellent analysis of the “fiscal cliff” facing the country in the form of large policy changes that are scheduled to take effect at the end of this year.The CBO warns that policymakers…
Former President Bill Clinton and House Speaker John Boehner were among the prominent figures in both parties who decried Washington’s unsustainable path at a “fiscal summit” last week. The summit, convened by the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, included speeches, interviews,…
