#Federal Budget

NOTICE: Due to changes in NH1’s schedule, Fiscal Fridays will be broadcast live online tomorrow starting at 11:00 a.m. U.S. congressional candidate Rich Ashooh will discuss his approach to the federal government’s fiscal challenges in an interview that will air…

Lawmakers continued to struggle with 2017 spending legislation before their Memorial Day recess began, with the House last week overwhelmingly rejecting a measure for energy and water programs that GOP leaders had supported. Democrats and Republicans blamed each other for…

Experts from across the political spectrum warned of the harmful consequences of unsustainable budget policies at the Peter G. Peterson Foundation’s annual fiscal summit Wednesday in Washington. Those consequences include the risks of slower economic growth, lower living standards, inadequate…

In a bipartisan program on Capitol Hill last week, two fiscal experts pointed to several factors that are driving long-term federal borrowing and called for a renewed focus on deficit reduction. Alan Viard of the American Enterprise Institute and Joe…

With the federal budget deficit on the rise again and the nation’s debt still on an unsustainable long-term path, The Concord Coalition has released this year’s “Key Questions” that voters should ask candidates for federal office. “Voters should expect candidates…

A pair of Republicans on the House Rules Committee recently discussed proposals to alter the rules for the consideration of spending bills. The effort drew attention – and opposition – from Rules Committee Democrats and Appropriations Committee Republicans alike. (more…)

Congress missed its statutory deadline on Friday for approving a budget resolution to frame work on spending legislation for Fiscal 2017, which begins Oct. 1. On Monday Senate Budget Chairman Mike Enzi filed topline spending numbers based on bipartisan legislation…

Despite the lack of a budget resolution, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said last week that the Senate would move forward on 2017 spending bills this month based on the overall spending levels set in legislation last fall. With the…