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With the 2011 appropriations bills finally complete, the House turned its attention to the 2012 bills last week. Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) set the goal of completing the committee's work by the August recess to permit the full…

The federal government hit its debt ceiling Monday, forcing the administration to turn to what Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner calls “extraordinary measures” to pay the government’s bills and avoid default.Although Geithner has estimated the government can get by without a…

WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition said that today’s release of the annual Social Security and Medicare Trustees Report is a timely reminder of how important cost-saving reform of these two vital programs is to the nation’s fiscal outlook. Concord urged…

Because their futures are at stake, young Americans need to be engaged in the national dialogue about the rapidly growing federal debt and large unfunded liabilities the U.S. government has for programs like Social Security and Medicare.T.J Leach and Alex…

Because sweeping government reforms will be politically difficult, the active involvement of the American public is essential. We need a national dialogue about the country’s huge fiscal challenges, the possible options, and the trade-offs among those options.In a guest column…

With an eye on the need to raise the federal debt limit soon, administration officials and six congressional representatives began deficit-reduction negotiations last week. Some of those involved in the talks, chaired by Vice President Joe Biden, have offered hopeful…

The administration has notified members of Congress that because they apparently will not raise the federal debt limit by May 16 – when the limit is expected to be reached -- the Treasury Department will begin implementing “extraordinary measures” to…

Broad tax reform could simplify the tax code, boost the country’s economy and help reduce deficits all at the same time. Yet many elected officials in both parties cling to positions that could get in the way of such reform.Some…