Congress

Budget Battles

  • Super Committee Failure Could Pave Way to Deal

    By DAVID A. FAHRENTHOLD and FELICIA SONMEZ, The Washington Post

    Will the “supercommittee” turn out to be a useful failure? Two days after its death, this idea is the committee’s last chance to matter. There is hope that its debacle could pave the way for some...

  • America’s Broken Government—What Do We Do Now?

    By Eric Pianin

    With the collapse of the Super Committee deliberations, a dysfunctional government struggles to address a raft of pressing short-term business while figuring out what to do about the long-term...

  • Federal 'To Do' List Kicked Down the Road Again

    By Eric Pianin

    Dodging tough decisions before an election is a time honored practice among politicians, but the 112th Congress and President Obama may have elevated the concept of “kicking the can down the road ”...

  • The Real '99 Percent'—A Silent, Fed-Up Majority

    By Liz Peek

    President Obama and the Democrats in Congress have manufactured a battleground – us versus them – the one percent who are wealthy versus the ninety-nine percent who are not. Obama has stoked anger at...

  • Super Committee’s Failure Jeopardizes Payroll Tax Cut

    By Jia Lynn Yang, The Washington Times

    The failure of the “supercommittee” raises the chance that working Americans will see their paychecks cut in January, and many economists say that could weaken an already vulnerable U.S. economy...