Econ Comments & Analysis
Mercatus | How Does the US Debt Position Compare with Other Countries?
This week’s charts use International Monetary Fund data to make international comparisons of the public debt burden.
Blogs
Roll Call | Hoyer Optimistic — but Cautiously So — on Budget Conference
As the first bicameral, bipartisan budget conference committee gets under way, Minority Whip Steny H. Hoyer said he had both high hopes and tempered expectations.
Heritage Foundation | Americans Want Solutions, Not Procrastination on Debt, Budget Crisis
Nearly two-thirds of Americans polled by Bloomberg answered that “it is right to require spending cuts when the debt ceiling is raised…because Congress lacks discipline on spending.” Their voices were not heard by Congress as it signed its terms of surrender.
