In a presentation (PDF) today, Congressional Budget Office director Douglas W. Elmendorf told the National Association for Business Economics that the gap between federal spending and revenues will likely remain “very large” when the U.S. finally returns to normal economic conditions.
Three other CBO observations given during the presentation More…
PolitiFact, the nonpartisan fact-checking arm of the St. Petersburg Times, this week evaluated key talking points about the federal budget made by both Republicans and Democrats. Though Congress has passed a continuing resolution to fund the government through March 18, PolitiFact predicts a future budget showdown.
Politifact started with More…
The rumor mill on Capitol Hill has the nation anticipating a federal government shutdown, which could happen in nine days if Democrats and Republicans can’t agree on the federal spending plan for the remainder of the current fiscal year, which ends on Sept. 30. The current plan runs out on More…
A budget proposal introduced by Congressional Republicans last week would end federal funding for Community Health Centers, and that, experts say, would devastate a key program that provides access to health care for thousands of Michigan residents.
U.S. Rep. Ron Paul hasn’t declared publicly which office he’ll aim for in 2012, but he’s officially started raising money.
Paul is “strongly considering a presidential run”, a senior adviser told CNN earlier this week. Paul’s also said he’s thought about the open U.S. Senate seat being vacated by More…
After giving Democratic U.S. Rep. Mike McIntyre his toughest race in years, Ilario Pantano announced today he is seeking a re-match in 2012 for North Carolina’s 7th Congressional District seat.
McIntyre won an eighth term in 2010, defeating Pantano 54-46 percent.
In a letter to supporters announcing his More…
In an era where the word “transparency” is a favorite bell to ring, a Congressional committee chair has asked federal agencies to provide a complete list of names of every person that has made a request under the Freedom of Information Act.
The New York Times reports More…
Democratic Reps. Heath Shuler (N.C.) and Jim Cooper (Tenn.) will introduce a bill this week that would require each state to create a bipartisan redistricting commission. The commissions would consist of five member panels. “The majority and minority leaders in each state would appoint two members apiece, and those four More…
Tonight’s State of the Union address will likely be full of many showy “bipartisan” moments. President Obama will likely make a number of statements about reaching across the aisle, and many Republicans and Democrats in Congress will sit with a member of the other party to break up the traditional More…
At the outset of the lame-duck session in Congress, The Washington Independent writers previewed what would happen. They predicted that a temporary extension of the tax cuts would pass, no significant environmental legislation would pass,
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