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With a 240-179 vote, the House of Representatives passed legislation last week that would repeal the estate tax without offsetting the lost revenue, adding $269 billion to the deficit over the next decade. The House also approved legislation that --…

IOWA CITY, IOWA -- Several of the nation’s leading health care experts will discuss options to improve how care is delivered and paid for at a policy conference next Wednesday at the University of Iowa. The keynote speakers will…

With presidential hopefuls kicking off their official campaigns, voters should keep in mind that the next occupant of the White House must lead the country in putting the government on a more responsible and sustainable fiscal path. So candidates should…

Congress and the President should work together to build a better debt limit, something which The Concord Coalition reiterated in an op-ed last week on The Hill's Congress Blog. Ben Ritz, Concord’s legislative outreach director, argues in the blog that…

Pentagon officials have given Congress lists of “unfunded requirements” that are in addition to their official 2016 budget requests, attempting again to persuade lawmakers that fiscal austerity efforts are squeezing the Defense Department too tightly. The military services have compiled…

Speaking in New Hampshire on Thursday, former senators Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) and Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) explained why presidential candidates need to focus on developing credible budget plans -- and how voters can encourage them to do so. “New Hampshire residents…

A group of Iowans today got a chance to do something that has long eluded Congress: Make tough budget choices to put the federal deficit on a sustainable downward path. They did so in the hope that these kinds of…

Two Former Congressmen Urge 2016 Candidates to Highlight Fiscal Plans Pella, Iowa – A group of Iowans today got a chance to do something that has long eluded Congress: Make tough budget choices to put the federal deficit on a…