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U.S. congressional candidate Jack Flanagan will discuss his approach to the federal government’s fiscal challenges in an interview that will air online tomorrow at 11 a.m., as part of Fiscal Fridays, the public affairs television series on the New Hampshire-based…


WASHINGTON -- Today’s reports from the trustees of Social Security and Medicare confirm once again that these critical programs are on unsustainable paths and will put increasing pressure on the rest of the federal budget in the years ahead, according…


A new report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) lists numerous options for extending the solvency of the Social Security Disability Insurance trust fund, including raising payroll taxes, reducing benefits and creating incentives for people to work. Until last fall…


House lawmakers approved defense appropriations legislation last week that would use a war-funding gimmick to circumvent spending limits that were agreed to just last fall. The appropriations bill, which passed 282-138, follows defense policy legislation that the House approved last…


With Congress already struggling to pass annual appropriations bills in a timely fashion this year, contentious gun debates sparked by last week’s mass shooting in Orlando have added further complications. On Monday the Senate rejected four competing gun-related measures --…


U.S. Senate candidate Jim Rubens will discuss his approach to the federal government’s fiscal challenges in an interview that will air online tomorrow at 11 a.m., as part of Fiscal Fridays, the public affairs television series on the New Hampshire-based…


Federal budget debates often feature large numbers without any context. This can leave the public confused, write Rep. Scott Rigell (R-Va.) and Robert L. Bixby, executive director of The Concord Coalition, in a recent op-ed for The Hill. “The key…


Fiscal experts testified last week to the House Budget Committee on the need to control automatic federal spending on programs such as Social Security and Medicare in which expenditures are not subject to the annual appropriations process. The committee hearing…


A recent report by the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Commission on Retirement Security and Personal Savings promotes recommendations to address challenges in an era of incomplete access to retirement plans, generally stagnant income growth and a Social Security program with unsustainable…


A large portion of American workers have no access to employer-sponsored retirement plans, according to the Pew Charitable Trusts. The independent non-profit found more than 40 percent of full-time private-sector employees do not receive pensions or have the ability to…


Conflict over military funding returns to Capitol Hill as appropriators and some defense hawks spar over using a special account supporting combat operations to increase defense spending above the limit set by last fall’s bipartisan budget agreement. The House version…


A top priority for lawmakers before leaving Capitol Hill next month for the presidential nominating conventions is reconciling differences over funding to combat the Zika virus. The administration has requested $1.9 billion. It also says funding for fighting the Zika…

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