Blog - /blog/2013/02/04/state-union-government-crisis/
Feb. 4, 2013 - The State of the Union is usually a speech about a vision – not only for the twelve months ahead, but for years to come. This year is different.
Blog - /blog/2013/01/28/data-act-open-government-meets-federal-spending/
Jan. 30, 2013 - Despite the multitude of current debates about how the U.S. spends money, it’s actually very hard to track how much money the U.S. is spending. The DATA Act would help fix that, which is why it ...
Blog - /blog/2013/01/25/beyond-fiscal-cliff-why-no-budget-request/
Jan. 28, 2013 - The Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 requires the President to submit his budget request for the upcoming fiscal year no later than the first Monday of February. Recently, however, the White House's ...
Blog - /blog/2013/01/23/avoiding-next-fiscal-cliff-debt-ceiling/
Jan. 23, 2013 - Good news came at the end of last week, and it's something that will affect you and your neighborhood. Speaker of the House John Boehner said the House would vote on a three-month increase to the debt...
Blog - /blog/2013/01/22/why-is-congress-so-dysfunctional/
Jan. 22, 2013 - This country is desperately in need of facts. That was the overwhelming message I took away from two exciting things that happened last week. First, there was a national conference for No Labels. The ...
Blog - /blog/2013/01/21/no-budget-no-pay-debt-ceiling-deal/
Jan. 21, 2013 - On January 23 the Housed passed legislation to deal with the debt ceiling – the legal limit Congress places on its own borrowing. If the federal debt reaches the debt ceiling, the government is ...
Blog - /blog/2013/01/11/beyond-fiscal-cliff-entitlement-reform/
Jan. 14, 2013 - One of the major issues not addressed as part of the recent deal on the fiscal cliff is the future of the major entitlement programs – Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.Entitlements are pro...
Blog - /blog/2013/01/09/sequestration-uncertainty/
Jan. 9, 2013 - Last week’s fiscal cliff deal left much unresolved – no agreement on raising the debt ceiling, the fiscal year 2013 budget is still incomplete, and there was no more than a ...
Analysis - /analysis/2013/federal-budget-timeline-beyond-fiscal-cliff-2013/
Jan. 9, 2013 - The federal budget process is always complicated. This is truer today than perhaps ever before. Over the coming weeks and months Congress will take on issues that will shape our government for years t...
Blog - /blog/2013/01/07/you-ask-we-answer-why-are-payroll-taxes-going/
Jan. 7, 2013 - A number of our Facebook fans expressed concern last week when they discovered that payroll taxes would be increasing in the wake of fiscal cliff negotiations. One person wrote in disma...
Analysis - /analysis/2013/fiscal-cliff-deal/
Jan. 2, 2013 - At the eleventh hour, Congress and President Obama reached a deal to address the fiscal cliff. The deal focused on tax revenue and included a number of changes to the tax code, including a permanent e...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2013/01/02/recommended-reading-fiscal-cliff-deal/
Jan. 2, 2013 - Recommended Reading: Fiscal Cliff Deal January 2, 2013 by Theresa Riley Want to know more about the 11th hour deal Congress and the White House reached early Tuesday morning? Here’s a ...
Blog - /blog/2012/12/31/2013-and-fiscal-cliff/
Dec. 31, 2012 - 2013 and the fiscal cliff will arrive in a few hours, though today's most popular Google search is about Kim Kardashian's pregnancy. After all, we can only take so much news about something ...
Blog - /blog/2012/12/17/will-there-be-fiscal-cliff-deal/
Dec. 17, 2012 - There have been few outward signs of progress in recent days as Congress and the White House negotiate over the so-called fiscal cliff. (We prefer to call it a fiscal obstacle course.) Natur...
Blog - /blog/2012/12/13/updated-data-housing/
Dec. 13, 2012 - ...Housing Units and U.S. Housing Owners and Renters are now current through 2011.
Blog - /blog/2012/12/07/lack-leadership-senate/
Dec. 10, 2012 - I recently read an article that compared the gridlock in Washington, D.C. to living next to a railroad track with trains constantly going by – eventually you don’t even notice it. But with...
Blog - /blog/2012/12/05/white-house-seeks-sandy-recovery-money/
Dec. 6, 2012 - The White House is preparing an emergency funding request to help repair the damages caused by hurricane Sandy. Although final details are not yet available, the request is expected to be for about $5...
Blog - /blog/2012/12/03/what-will-happen-fiscal-cliff/
Dec. 3, 2012 - Last week I wrote a post called Fiscal Cliff Definition, with a simple explanation of the much-hyped, so-called fiscal cliff. (I also suggested that we call it a "fiscal obstacle course" ins...
Blog - /blog/2012/11/27/whats-stake-your-state/
Nov. 27, 2012 - Governors and city mayors across the country want to have a say in negotiations over the fiscal cliff, the New York Times reported on Sunday. And no wonder. State budgets rely heav...
Blog - /blog/2012/11/15/democracy-inaction/
Nov. 19, 2012 - In the wake of the elections, Democrats and Republicans are pledging to work together to solve the fiscal cliff and other daunting challenges that confront the current lame duck session of Congress.Bu...
