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Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT), former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-MI), and former Senator James Sasser (D-TN) discussed the role of divided government. They focused on the “fiscal cl…

U.S. Representative Christopher Van Hollen, Jr., (D-MD), the ranking member of the House Committee on the Budget, talked about the “fiscal cliff,” the impending tax increases and budget cuts…

Jack Lew talked about talked about the work on the congressional Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction.

Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles talked about the work on the congressional Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction. Both urged the committee to “go big and bold” in a recommended solutio…

Financial journalists spoke about the state of the world economy, news coverage of financial stories during the recent recession, and ways in which debt and deficits affect governing. They a…

Former Congressional staffers and scholars talked about what goes on behind the scenes when legislation is passed. Topics included partisanship and national debt. John Hilley outlined his pr…

Congressional Budget Office Director June O’Neill moderated this panel of federal budget correspondents on how the press covers the federal budget process. They discussed issues such as how …

Alan Murray, Washington Bureau Chief for the Wall Street Journal, addressed a meeting of the American Association for Budget and Program Analysis. He spoke about the federal budget process a…

Economists and correspondents talked about initiatives for balancing the federal budget in a forum sponsored by the Concord Coalition, a bipartisan coalition dedicated to restoring America’s…

The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget held a panel discussion on the means of creating an effective federal budget through the legislative process. Members of the panel spoke on…

Ms. Rivlin, Mr. Penner and Mr. Reischauer, all former directors of the Congressional Budget Office, discuss the effects of the federal budget on the American economy. Ms. Rivlin said the fed…

In this edition of the Journalists' Roundtable, reporters from the Washington Post, the Associated Press, and the Wall Street Journal, talked about the news stories of the previous week. Som…