The President's effort to forge a bipartisan solution to health care reform at today's summit has just started and is televised on C-Span (click here to watch it live). Also, be sure to follow the live Twitter feed of the summit by our friends over at New Health Dialogue here.
The federal government borrowed $1.7 trillion over the past year – June 2025 to May 2026 – based on estimates from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) . CBO estimates that the May 2026 deficit was...
Maya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. She recently wrote an opinion piece for the Albany Times Union , an excerpt of which is below. How much is $511 a month...