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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…

DES MOINES -- An interview today with Ohio Gov. John Kasich will kick off Your First Budget, a series on the MC22 television network that will provide voters in Iowa and elsewhere with critical information on the budget and economic…

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…

The House is about to consider a 3-year highway bill financed with revenue unrelated to transportation. But two lawmakers are suggesting alternative plans to address the Highway Trust Fund’s long-term insolvency. Rep. Jim Renacci (R-Ohio) and Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)…

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…

President Obama signed budget legislation Monday that removed the immediate threat of a federal default and established overall spending levels for the next two years for “discretionary” spending on defense and most domestic programs. Amid warnings of chaos if Congress…

The Senate Budget Committee heard testimony last week on potential changes to the federal budget process that would better take into account the long-term trends affecting the nation’s fiscal health. Michael Peterson, CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, lamented…

President Obama and congressional leaders have put together a proposed budget deal that would avoid an immediate federal debt crisis and give appropriators time to fund the government before a potential shutdown in December. The agreement, released late Monday, would…