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Participants talked about the impact of the economy on the 2012 elections. Topics included national debt, tax policy, and the political climate.

Budget, legislative and business analysts examine the upcoming work of the congressional Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, created in a recently-passed debt ceiling bill. Particip…

Panelists offered their recommendations on changes needed to Social Security and how the politics surrounding the issue might play out in the 2012 elections. Among the topics they addressed …

Witnesses testified on the ability of small businesses to maintain the insurance coverage they were offering before the 2010 health care law was enacted. They focused on issues such as tax c…

Douglas Holtz-Eakin talked about Medicare Part D as part of overall discussions on the debt between President Obama and congressional leaders, and he responded to telephone calls and electro…

Witnesses testified at the House Budget Committee oversight hearing on the Medicare Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB), which was created by the 2010 health care law to control costs.…

A panel of former Congressional Budget Office directors talked about federal budget deficits and the national debt. Among the topics they addressed were efforts to raise the debt ceiling, th…

Douglas Holtz-Eakin talked about House Republicans' and President Obama’s proposals for cutting federal budget deficits and reducing the national debt. He responded to telephone calls and el…

Panelists talked about the impact of the 2010 health care law on the health care system, federal budget, and economy, as well as legal challenges to the law.

Governors called for more flexibility from the federal government on health care at the National Governors Association Health and Human Services Committee meeting. Members talked about the s…

Members of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission testified before the House Financial Services Committee on the commission’s report on the 2008 economic collapse.

Douglas Holtz-Eakin talked about the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission’s final report on the causes of the 2008 financial crisis. from . Mr. Holtz-Eakin and two other commissioners did not…

Witnesses testified on the economic and regulatory burdens imposed by the enactment and implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Rec…

Health care analysts, who supported repealing the 2010 health care reform law, talked about different provisions of the law that they believed would hurt the economy and the health care syst…