A looming crisis is facing Social Security’s Disability Insurance (DI) program: Unless Congress takes action, the DI trust fund will run out next year and beneficiaries will suffer an across-the-board cut of 19 percent. Some advocates suggest that a “simple…
Lawmakers must carefully review President Obama’s request for “emergency” funding this year to fight wildfires, increase border security and deal with a surge of migrants from Central America.The President has asked for $3.7 billion to improve border security while addressing…
The differences between the 10-year budget plans by President Obama and the House of Representatives would be difficult to resolve under the best of circumstances.Without a Senate plan, however, there is no prospect of a concurrent congressional budget resolution --…
Although elected officials must make politically difficult choices to put the government’s finances on a sustainable path, some reforms in the congressional budget process could help.And as several budget experts made clear in a recent panel discussion on Capitol Hill,…
