On his way out the door, retiring Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) had a lot to say. It was a final reminder -- he called it a challenge -- from one of the Senate’s foremost deficit hawks of…
After months of debate and negotiation, Congress on Tuesday approved legislation to avoid the most immediate consequences of the “fiscal cliff” but that falls far short of the more comprehensive reforms that many advocates of fiscal responsibility had hoped to…
The stakes in Washington’s current budget battles are particularly high for college students and other young Americans, according to a Concord Coalition chapter on the Madison campus of the University of Wisconsin. (more…)
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…
