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Calling low spending caps and congressional resistance to cost-saving reforms a “double whammy,” Defense Secretary Ashton Carter warned last week that the military cannot carry out its strategic objectives without changes. Carter told the Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee that “if…

WASHINGTON -- Top policymakers and experts in Social Security and retirement issues from across the political spectrum will gather on Capitol Hill Tuesday afternoon, May 12, to discuss ways the current Congress can improve retirement security. Senate Finance Committee Chairman…

A new report on the financial assets of older Americans highlights the need for many people to save more money to avoid running short in retirement. Between 2010 and 2012, more than a fifth of the Americans who died at…

The Senate is expected to soon follow the House in approving a single budget resolution that promises to balance the budget and substantially slow the growth of the federal debt over the next 10 years. While The Concord Coalition welcomes…

Innovation can help the U.S. health care system improve care and engage new community partners -- all with an eye towards reducing the rate of health care spending, according to experts at a conference Wednesday at the University of Iowa.…

Republicans are hoping the House and Senate will be able to approve a concurrent budget resolution for Fiscal 2016 by the end of the week. This would be a positive step towards more orderly budgeting on Capitol Hill, although lawmakers…

Voters are likely to see some budget proposals from presidential candidates in the coming year that might seem more appropriate for Disney’s Fantasyland than the Oval Office. Chase Hagaman offers that warning in a recent guest column for the Nashua…

A bipartisan bill to plug the Highway Trust Fund’s growing shortfall with additional revenue from motor fuels taxes was introduced last week by Reps. Jim Renacci (R-Ohio), Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.), Reid Ribble (R-Wis.) and Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.). The Bridge to…