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…)
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…
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…
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…