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Naturally, the country has been consumed by the developments (or lack thereof) in the government shutdown and debt ceiling impasse. But there is some...

In an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal, House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) presents a possible down payment on the debt as a way out of...

Update: The Obama Administration has issued a veto threat for the bill, instead preferring that Congress pass a clean CR and debt ceiling increase. As...

Today, the Fix the Debt Campaign's Congressional Fiscal Leadership Council released an open letter signed by a group of 120 former Members of Congress...

As Congress negotiates a proposal to pass a continuing resolution and reopen the government, they may enact other policy at the same time. One such...

While it is incredibly disappointing that elected officials in Washington failed to avoid a government shutdown, attention is quickly turning towards...

Congress faces a number of looming fiscal crises this fall, and the first obstacle is just around the corner -- if lawmakers fail to pass legislation...

With the debt limit approaching and another showdown looming, the focus of some policymakers may naturally turn to how to avoid a similar potentially...

Yesterday, the House Transportation-Housing and Urban Development (THUD) appropriations bill was removed from floor consideration, showing a lack of...

Just as they have for tax reform, the House Ways and Means Committee has begun organizing and pressing forward on entitlement reforms, starting with a...

The appropriations process is usually arduous, but this year may be even more so. The largest disagreement between the Senate and House, which is...

Recently, a bipartisan duo in the House -- Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-FL) and Rep. David Joyce (R-OH) -- introduced the SAVE Act, a bill to reduce federal...