Congressman John Spratt, a former longtime Representative from South Carolina and a member of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, died Saturday at the age of 82.

Lawmakers are considering the repeal of Social Security’s Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset ...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced yesterday that the Senate would vote on the Social Security Fairness Act, which passed the House in November.

New data from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) finds that economic feedback may not cover any of the revenue loss and that TCJA extension might even add more to the debt on a dynamic basis, ...

With the national debt on course to exceed its record as a share of the economy in the next two years, interest payments on the debt surging, and major trust funds approaching insolvency, policymakers ...

The Medicaid program – a joint federal-state program that provides health care to low-income populations – is projected to ...

From December 2023 to November 2024, the federal budget deficit totaled $2.1 trillion based on estimates from the ...

Federal Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments are set to face an $8 billion annual reduction – more than 50 ...

With the national debt on course to exceed its record as a share of the economy in the next two years, interest payments on the debt surging, and major trust funds approaching insolvency, policymakers ...

The United States borrowed $624 billion in the first two months of fiscal year 2025, including $367 billion in November, according to the latest ...

Extending the individual and estate provisions from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) expiring at the end of next year without offsets would add $3.9 trillion ($4.5 trillion with interest) to defici ...

The United States borrowed $622 billion in the first two months of Fiscal Year (FY) 2025, including $365 billion in the month of November, according to the latest ...