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“I believe we have reached a defining moment. Our fiscal affairs are completely off track … we are off in the weeds, and we’ve got to get back on track,” said former Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND, …

Former Senators Judd Gregg (R-NH) and Kent Conrad (D-ND), both of whom have served as chairs of the Senate Budget committee, testified on the budget and spending process. They offered severa…

Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew spoke at a Bipartisan Policy Center forum on raising the debt ceiling. He urged Congress to raise the debt ceiling and said the government was likely to exhaust …

Former congressional leaders and cabinet officials talked about problems with and ways to reform the budget process. David Obey said that members of Congress should spend more time in Washin…

Former senators Kent Conrad (D-ND) and Judd Gregg (R-NH) evaluated proposals for reforming the nation’s fiscal policies. Other topics included budget sequestration, the Federal Reserve’s mon…

A bipartisan group of former U.S. Senate and House Budget Committee chairs and other members urged President Obama and congressional leaders to come together on a comprehensive plan to addre…

Former Senate Budget Committee Chairs Kent Conrad (D-ND) and Judd Gregg (R-NH) talked about the next steps to debt and deficit reduction. Topics included the raising of the debt ceiling, Soc…

Retiring Senate Budget Committee Chair Kent Conrad (D-ND) spoke about “fiscal cliff” negotiations and gave solutions for long-term deficit reduction. Among his statements he said he would pr…

Senator Kent Conrad (D-ND), chair of the Senate Budget Committee, talked about the “fiscal cliff,” the impending tax increases and budget cuts at the end of 2012 if Congress failed to reach …

The Senate Budget Committee held a hearing on the fiscal year 2013 budget resolution based on the Bowles-Simpson deficit reduction plan.

Senate Budget Chair Kent Conrad (D-ND) announced that he will introduce a fiscal year 2013 budget resolution for markup in the committee to begin. The resolution is based on the Simpson-Bowl…

Senate Budget Committee Chair Kent Conrad (D-ND) held a news conference on the release of the House Republican fiscal year 2013 budget proposal. Senator Conrad said the spending limits agree…

Secretary Leon Panetta, General Martin Dempsey, and Comptroller Hale testified on the Defense Department fiscal year 2013 budget request.

Secretary Ray LaHood testified on the 2013 Transportation Department budget request.

Jeffrey Zients testified on President Obama’s fiscal year 2013 budget proposal.

House and Senate Democratic leaders spoke to reporters about the president’s fiscal year 2013 budget proposal.

Douglas Elmendorf testified on the new Congressional Budget Office outlook on the federal budget and U.S. economy. He said that the U.S. would face unemployment around 8.9% and slow economic…

Doug Elmendorf testified on the effect of the federal budget on the economy, and various strategies for dealing with the long-term debt and unemployment. In his testimony he said he expected…

Democratic and Republican lawmakers held a press conference urging members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to “go big” in a solution for reducing the national debt and def…

Senators debated proposals to raise the debt ceiling and deficit reduction legislation.