#Federal Budget

MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Two of the most active proponents of bipartisan congressional action on the nation’s debt -- former U.S. Senator Judd Gregg of New Hampshire and former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell -- will provide a clear, candid analysis of…

President Obama has nominated Shaun Donovan, secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) since 2009, to become his new budget director.Donovan will replace Sylvia Mathews Burwell, who became Obama’s budget director a little over a year ago but has been…

The Highway Trust Fund is projected to run a $164 billion shortfall over the next 10 years unless lawmakers take action, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).The trust fund consists of two accounts: one for highway work, which receives…

WASHINGTON -- While lawmakers are working on appropriations bills to fund the government next year, they seem to have lost interest in trying to meet the country’s long-term fiscal challenges. But the newly updated Federal Budget Challenge (www.federalbudgetchallenge.org) gives citizens…

While many in Washington have put fiscal sustainability on the back burner, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) offers an important reminder of the need for prompt fiscal reforms.“Significant action to change the long-term fiscal path must be taken soon to…

A book titled “Dead Men Ruling” is not the place you would expect to find an optimistic message about our nation’s future. That is the case, however, with a new book from budget expert Eugene Steuerle of the Urban Institute.…

The differences between the 10-year budget plans by President Obama and the House of Representatives would be difficult to resolve under the best of circumstances.Without a Senate plan, however, there is no prospect of a concurrent congressional budget resolution --…

Although the federal deficit has dropped significantly since the four-year string of trillion-dollar-plus shortfalls that began in 2009, under current law the deficits will start rising again soon.Sara Imhof, Midwest field director for The Concord Coalition, and Loren Adler, research…