Both Parties Can Pick Up Late Support by Addressing the National Debt
Seven in ten voters from across the political spectrum say the record national debt will be an important factor in their vote in next week's Midterm Elections.
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Seven in ten voters from across the political spectrum say the record national debt will be an important factor in their vote in next week's Midterm Elections.
After months of negotiations, with default looming, Congress passed and the President signed the Budget Control Act of 2011, which raises the debt ceiling and puts a process in place for reducing the deficit.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/peter-g-peterson-foundation-analysis-of-the-budget-control-act-of-2011
President & CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation will discuss reforms to encourage long-term fiscal sustainability.
There is broad support among Democrats, Republicans and Independents for a bipartisan fiscal commission to address America's debt and deficit challenges according to a new poll commissioned by the Peter G. Peterson Foundation.
The federal budget deficit rose to $666 billion for fiscal year 2017 — an increase of around $80 billion from the previous year.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2017/10/federal-budget-deficits-rising-even-before-tax-cuts
Every month the U.S. Treasury releases data on the federal budget, including the current deficit. Here is the data for March 2019.
https://www.pgpf.org/the-current-federal-budget-deficit/budget-deficit-march-2019
The president's budget misses an opportunity to address the structural causes of our debt and relies instead on overly optimistic economic assumptions.
“After adding trillions to our national debt in last year’s irresponsible tax bill, our leaders are now adding another $300 billion in deficits over just the next two years," said Michael A. Peterson, President and CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2018/02/peterson-foundation-statement-on-budget-deal
The study examines the most recent version of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the House-passed Affordable Health Care for America Act, and it provides the first long-term comparative analysis of the costs of the House and Senate health care reform legislation.
As student teams from colleges and universities are hard at work developing ways to tackle America’s fiscal challenges, the national campus-based competition Up to Us announces its 2014 panel of judges.