#Federal Budget

Ohio Gov. John R. Kasich and former U.S. Rep. Tim Penny warned Friday that irresponsible fiscal policies are jeopardizing the nation’s future, but the two former congressional colleagues also pointed towards a number of possible solutions. (more…)

WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition will present a panel discussion Friday, Feb. 23, at the National Press Club in Washington entitled “Fiscal Freefall: When Will It Stop?” The noon program will feature Ohio Gov. John R. Kasich, a Republican who served…

WASHINGTON -- President Trump’s proposed budget for Fiscal 2019 falls far short of what is needed to put the nation’s finances on a sustainable path, particularly in light of the deficit-financed spending and tax breaks that he and Congress approved…

In The Daily Reflector (North Carolina). Anyone in Congress might be able to produce a sensible federal budget and cut the national debt — if they didn’t have to answer to their constituents. That was the hard lesson a group…

In WITN (North Carolina) Greenville, N.C. -- From the stock market, to budget deals the country's finances are a big conversation right now. Students got a visit from an Eastern Carolina Congressman, who spoke to them as they worked to find…

When 2017 began the nation had a new Congress, a new president and an old problem: debt on an unsustainable path. One year later, the new Congress and the new president have done nothing to address the old problem. In…

It is deeply disappointing that in his first State of the Union Address President Trump failed to mention the state of the nation’s finances. He could have told the American people that the national debt is at its highest level…

Elected officials in Washington know that the federal budget is on an unsustainable path, with the debt projected to rise rapidly over the next 10 years and beyond. That would be true even in the unlikely event that the tax cuts…