WASHINGTON -- The bipartisan immigration reform bill currently under consideration in the Senate would shrink the deficit by $197 billion over the nex...

In our government, the president's top deputies are partisan appointments, part of a thick layer of political appointees that run every important council and agency in the government.

* Top 20 pct of earners get half the benefit of top breaks * Tax breaks on capital gains favor the wealthy * Study favor...

WASHINGTON -- Wealthier households benefit significantly more than lower earners from big tax breaks such as deductions for mortgage interest and char...

Hundreds of homeowners who have been playing by the rules while the big banks have cheated them are risking arrest at the Department of Justice to make an unmistakable statement: it is about time for the government to side with poor and middle class folks.

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's budget would trim projected federal deficits by $1.1 trillion over the coming decade, using nearly $6 in h...

WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. deficit is shrinking considerably more quickly than previously thought, the Congressional Budget Office said...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new government estimate says the budget deficit for the current year will come in well below what was projected just a few month...

Economists tell us investments in our children pay off the most when made at the earliest ages. And isn't that what real investments are?

The government has a first-order effect on the allocation of capital and risk in the economy. And the question of what those commitments cost the public is important.

WASHINGTON — To some conservatives, it's amnesty. To some immigration advocates, it's unnecessarily punitive....

Here's an outrage that must be changed: Big Pharma has been systematically price-gouging the Medicare program for seniors and people with disabilities -- and raking in billions in excessive profits.

For every dollar we reduce the deficit this year, we sacrifice about two dollars and twenty cents in GDP. The cuts will also result in the loss of 750,000 jobs. So why are we doing this again?

If enacted, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan's budget would slow the economic recovery.  Chairman Ryan selectively uses Congressional Budget...

Republicans on Capitol Hill have dug themselves into a deep and narrow chasm whose walls are about to close in. In a matter of weeks, they may find themselves squeezed mercilessly between their implacable right wing and constituents feeling the pain of sequestration.

Anytime you undertake a major public campaign, you're quickly reminded that listening is even more important than speaking.

Congress must come to its senses before the country suffers a completely self-inflicted grievous wound that weakens our economy and imposes gratuitous hardship on the least fortunate.