…in a congressional raid that funds everything under the sun – except worker retirement – and in the process masks the true size of the federal deficit. That practice could…

Those of us living in California’s 48th Congressional District are suffering election fatigue. Our Representative, Christopher Cox, is the new SEC Chairman and his congressional seat is vacant. We will…

…best estimate by the Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) in 2003 was that the supply-side boost from the Bush tax cuts may (using optimistic assumptions) increase GDP growth by…

During the spring of 2001, Marc Labonte and Gail Makinen of the Congressional Research Service wrote: In general, many economists would support the concept that lower taxes made possible through…

No, Mr. Chairman. We were not all wrong: Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) sparred today at a congressional hearing over whether Greenspan deserves some…

The Bull Moose says it is sponsored by the Democratic Leadership Council and judging from this piece on the politics of the Social Security debate, I hope Congressional Democrats pay…

The Bush administration and some congressional allies are considering ways to keep Social Security privatization from adding to the budget deficit: simply put the expenses that necessarily come with privatization…

…he has restrained Congressional spending, Cheney believes deficits don’t matter, and most members of the Bush economic team can’t—or won’t—speak truth publicly. Jonathan Weisman writes: President Bush signaled yesterday that…

…we all know the famous quotes by now. Substantive error for Bush. Kerry asserted that Bush hasn’t met with the Congressional Black Caucus. The article says: “Bush did meet with…

…Richard Foster, to comply with congressional Democrats’ requests for information about the cost of the Medicare drug bill. [Emphasis mine] However, my question differs somewhat from CalPundit’s: why is it…