WASHINGTON -- The unveiling of President Barack Obama's budget on Wednesday morning has restarted the ongoing debate over how best to pursue deficit r...

More than one in ten of America's 605,000 bridges were classified as "structurally deficient" in 2011. 67,000 spans were restricted to light vehicles,...

Improving their health care system is the first step taken by underdeveloped countries on their path to entering the modern world, while U.S. conservatives seem bent on returning the U.S. to a less-developed status to enhance their already wealthy supporters.

WASHINGTON -- The Republicans are killing Keynesian economics with their attempt to cut spending as the economy rebounds from a recession, Senate Majo...

To people across the country who live in states in crisis, and who were sheltered from the full impact of economic downturn in the last two years, the stimulus should be looking pretty good right about now.

President Barack Obama will call for new government spending on infrastructure, education and research in his State of the Union address Tuesday, shar...

DENVER — A photo of President Barack Obama hangs on the wall in CoraFaye's Cafe, a short walk from the Denver museum where Obama signed into law...

These congressmen voted against stimulus. They railed against stimulus. They've been fundraising against stimulus. Except, apparently, when they want some of it.

Republican leaders insist, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that President Obama's $800-billion-or-so stimulus package from last year hasn't ...

Why aren't those who profess such concern about Social Security's fiscal soundness pushing for more stimulus spending? Could it be because their real concern isn't protecting Social Security?

Bob Rubin, the former Clinton administration Treasury Secretary and routine foil for many progressive-minded economists, argued on Sunday against a se...

With Additional Reporting By Ryan Grim President Obama's request for lawmakers to pass $50 billion in emergency aid to state and local governments re...

Policy wonks on both sides of the aisle have proposed Germany's work-share program (inducing private firms to reduce employee hours, rather than fire workers) as a cheap way to reduce unemployment in the U.S.

A heated exchange took place during NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday when MSNBC host Rachel Maddow accused Rep. Aaron Schock (R-Ill.) of hypocrisy for...

WASHINGTON — A day after delivering a State of the Union address aimed at showing recession-weary Americans he understands their struggles, Pres...

Only $100 billion of the $787 billion stimulus package passed nine months ago has actually been spent by the federal government so far, with another $...