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With a Democratic presidential debate scheduled Saturday in Iowa, a former member of Congress from the state takes the candidates in both parties to task for failing to focus more on the need for broad fiscal reforms. “Unfortunately, addressing the…

Rep. Scott Rigell (R-Va.) has proposed legislation that would replace 75 percent of the sequester cuts scheduled under current law with a mix of reforms in “mandatory” spending programs and additional revenue from limiting certain tax breaks. “In the aftermath…

Former New York governor and Republican presidential candidate George Pataki will be featured in an in-depth interview this Friday at 10 a.m. EDT on Fiscal Fridays, the public affairs television series on the New Hampshire-based NH1 News Network. Pataki will…

Emphasizing the nation’s fiscal challenges, Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert L. Bixby recently told the Senate Budget Committee that reforms in the budget process could help elected officials better meet those challenges. Bixby focused in particular on the benefits of…

Rep. Scott Rigell (R-Va.) recently offered the America First Act, a bill to replace 75 percent of the sequester cuts scheduled under current law with a mix of reforms in mandatory spending and revenue increases from limiting tax expenditures. (more…)

An interview next Monday with Ohio Gov. John Kasich will kick off Your First Budget, a series on the MC22 television network that will give voters in Iowa and elsewhere information on the budget and economic proposals of the presidential…

Former U.S. Comptroller General David Walker warned Iowans last week not to be fooled by any presidential candidate who claims to have a magic bullet to deal with the national debt. “We can’t grow our way out without double digit…

Hoping to heal deep internal divisions that have often involved fiscal issues, House Republicans chose their leading budget expert, Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, as their new speaker Thursday. Having first chaired of the House Budget Committee and then Ways and…