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Dealing with the federal debt should be a top priority for the 2016 presidential candidates, according to a new paper by Robert L. Bixby, executive director of The Concord Coalition, and Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible…


With the federal budget on an unsustainable path, Iowa residents should press presidential candidates to explain what they plan to do about it, according to a guest column in the Waterloo Courier by two members of First Budget’s Iowa Cabinet.…


Former New York governor and Republican presidential candidate George Pataki will be featured in an in-depth interview this Friday at 10 a.m. EDT on Fiscal Fridays, the public affairs television series on the New Hampshire-based NH1 News Network. Pataki will…


DES MOINES -- An interview today with Ohio Gov. John Kasich will kick off Your First Budget, a series on the MC22 television network that will provide voters in Iowa and elsewhere with critical information on the budget and economic…


Rep. Scott Rigell (R-Va.) recently offered the America First Act, a bill to replace 75 percent of the sequester cuts scheduled under current law with a mix of reforms in mandatory spending and revenue increases from limiting tax expenditures. (more…)


Hoping to heal deep internal divisions that have often involved fiscal issues, House Republicans chose their leading budget expert, Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, as their new speaker Thursday. Having first chaired of the House Budget Committee and then Ways and…


The Senate Budget Committee heard testimony last week on potential changes to the federal budget process that would better take into account the long-term trends affecting the nation’s fiscal health. Michael Peterson, CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, lamented…


WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition said today that the proposed budget deal to increase the debt ceiling, remove some sequester spending cuts and enact changes to entitlement programs is an acceptable compromise to avoid an immediate debt crisis and give…


In the latest Fiscal Fridays interview, Republican presidential candidate Lindsey Graham said substantial reforms to the tax code and federal entitlement programs are essential to reducing the federal debt and protecting the nation’s economic future. “The purpose of my presidency…


South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham will be featured in an in-depth interview today, Oct. 23, at 10 a.m. EDT on Fiscal Fridays, the new public affairs television series on the New Hampshire-based NH1 News Network. Graham, a Republican presidential candidate,…


Another manufactured crisis on the federal debt limit is looming as Congress returns from a weeklong recess and House Republicans continue their search for a new speaker. Ultimately, Congress has no choice but to raise the debt limit to pay…


Budget issues remain a central part of the debate as House Republicans struggle to find a new speaker, with conservative dissidents calling for leadership that will be less willing to compromise with Democrats. Republicans fell behind schedule in selecting a…

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