Dozens of lawmakers in both parties have signed a letter to congressional leaders that says a bipartisan agreement to avoid the fiscal cliff should include “a long-term, comprehensive deficit reduction plan.”Leading the effort are Representatives Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.), Steven LaTourette…
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…
Signals from the first post-election budget meeting between the President and congressional leaders, which took place at the White House on Friday, were very good. Congressional leaders of both parties appeared together after the meeting. There were no lines in…
