Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND) today announced that he will retire from the Senate when his term expires in early 2013. Conrad said one of his top priorities for the remainder of his term would be "to get…
The legal term severable normally gets little notice outside the world of constitutional law -- yet now it has become a big buzzword amongst health care analysts and federal budget wonks. The reason has to do with the numerous legal challenges to the Accountable Care Act's individual mandate to purchase…
WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition said today that if the tentative agreement to extend expiring tax cuts for two years is approved, it should be followed by a major push to reform the tax code. (more…)
This week the House and Senate are expected to act on a new continuing resolution to prevent a government shutdown. The current resolution expires on Friday, and unfortunately Congress has yet to enact a single one of the twelve appropriations…
