#Economy

WASHINGTON, December 14, 2012—Strengthening of America—Our Children’s Future

The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) on Monday released an update of the broad plan for fiscal reform that its Debt Reduction Task Force recommended in late 2010. The update, like the original version, takes what the task force describes as…

Washington officials are sending conflicting signals over talks between the White House and congressional leaders to avoid the fiscal cliff while also moving the country forward on long-term deficit-reduction.President Obama talked by phone with House Speaker John Boehner and Senate…

Prospects for constructive budget talks between President Obama and congressional leaders seem to have brightened after an initial meeting at the White House late last week. The signals that came out of that meeting were “very good,” according to Concord…

Advocates of fiscal reform are reiterating their calls for bipartisan cooperation and compromise in the wake of national elections that left Democrats in control of the White House and the Senate, and Republicans in control of the House.“The status-quo election…

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has once again warned lawmakers of the potential economic damage of failing to act on the “fiscal cliff” -- the combination of automatic spending cuts and expiring tax cuts scheduled to begin in January.If these…

Congratulations to the Election Day winners. So what do Tuesday's results mean for the fiscal outlook? Think of it this way. If the country is on an unsustainable fiscal path, which it is, and if continued partisan bickering will not…

The Fix the Debt campaign has announced the formation of its CEO Council, a group of more than 100 business leaders who are part of the campaign’s efforts “to raise public awareness about America’s out-of-control national debt and urge policymakers…