#National Debt

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…

Negotiations over the year-end “fiscal cliff” and federal budget reform continued early this week, with President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner meeting Sunday afternoon but offering the public no details of the discussion.In the last two weeks the administration…

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…

As the President and Congress attempt to reach an agreement on the “fiscal cliff,” a new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report reminds policymakers that another deadline is approaching -- the statutory limit on federal debt. This is the maximum amount…

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…

Prospects for constructive budget talks between President Obama and congressional leaders seem to have brightened after an initial meeting at the White House late last week. The signals that came out of that meeting were “very good,” according to Concord…

Advocates of fiscal reform are reiterating their calls for bipartisan cooperation and compromise in the wake of national elections that left Democrats in control of the White House and the Senate, and Republicans in control of the House.“The status-quo election…

Young people around the country have voiced growing interest in the debate over the federal budget and fiscal reform. That’s appropriate because they have so much at stake. (more…)