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South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham will be featured in an in-depth interview today, Oct. 23, at 10 a.m. EDT on Fiscal Fridays, the new public affairs television series on the New Hampshire-based NH1 News Network. Graham, a Republican presidential candidate,…

In a recent Fiscal Fridays interview, Democratic presidential candidate Martin O’Malley proposed higher taxes on high incomes to pay for expanded Social Security benefits and new initiatives in areas such as education, housing and clean energy. The former Maryland governor…

The Commission on Presidential Debates says it is considering suggestions from The Concord Coalition that would focus more attention on fiscal issues in next year’s debates between the Republican and Democratic nominees. “We will bear in mind your thoughtful suggestions…

Another manufactured crisis on the federal debt limit is looming as Congress returns from a weeklong recess and House Republicans continue their search for a new speaker. Ultimately, Congress has no choice but to raise the debt limit to pay…

Some lawmakers and presidential candidates have recently targeted the so-called Cadillac tax, a key provision in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that was designed to help restrain health care costs. It would do so, starting in 2018, by limiting the…

Budget issues remain a central part of the debate as House Republicans struggle to find a new speaker, with conservative dissidents calling for leadership that will be less willing to compromise with Democrats. Republicans fell behind schedule in selecting a…

In the first of a series of interviews with presidential candidates, Republican Gov. John Kasich of Ohio on Friday committed himself to eventually balancing the budget and reforming the big federal entitlement programs. Kasich said balanced budgets would lead to…

An interview with Ohio Gov. John Kasich will kick off Fiscal Fridays, a New Hampshire-based TV interview series starting this week on the NH1 News Network that will provide voters with critical information on the budget and economic proposals of 2016 presidential candidates.…