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Maggie Hassan, New Hampshire governor and senatorial candidate, will discuss her approach to the federal government’s fiscal challenges in an interview that will appea (more…)

Congressman Frank Guinta (R-N.H.) will discuss his approach to the federal government’s fiscal challenges in an interview that will appear online at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. (more…)

A new report from the Congressional Budget Office reviews the serious problems facing the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’s (PBGC) multiemployer program and analyzes proposed solutions.The PBGC is a government-owned corporation with a critical role: Insuring pension benefits for people in…

One of the best ways to understand -- and explain -- the country’s fiscal difficulties is to look at what we can expect to pay in interest on the rising national debt.After all, people know that if they run up…

Drawing on recently released projections, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reiterated on Monday that federal spending on Social Security and health care is on track to increase significantly as a share of the economy in the coming decades."CBO projects that…

Last week the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced its second major move towards “bundled payments” in Medicare. A bundled payment groups all of the normal fees associated with a specific type of medical procedure -- in this…

The overall budget picture in Washington remains bleak as lawmakers have left town without making any meaningful progress on the appropriations process. They are now anticipating a September scramble to approve a Continuing Resolution (CR) to keep the government open…

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has released its annual Mid-Session Review, saying the President’s proposals for 2017 would substantially reduce the deficit from the one expected for Fiscal 2016, which ends Sept. 30. OMB now projects the 2016…