With federal spending legislation set to expire next week, appropriators continue to work on a tardy “omnibus” plan for the rest of Fiscal 2015. Republican leaders are weighing their options for using the spending bill in some way short of…
With the contentious mid-term elections over, elected officials should look forward to seize opportunities for bipartisan compromise to reduce projected deficits and meet at least some of the nation’s other fiscal challenges. Three experts on the federal budget discussed such…
Last Wednesday, President Obama requested approximately $6.2 billion to combat the Ebola epidemic. As Congress examines and debates this proposal, it is an important opportunity to reexamine our government’s budgetary policies. (more…)
The administration has confirmed that the government borrowed substantially less than in 2013. But this borrowing still pushed the federal debt to well over $17.8 trillion, and the government remains on track to boost that total by $7.2 trillion or…
