The national debt continues to rise at a breakneck pace, with Americans bearing a greater and greater debt burden. The ...

Republicans have leveraged the debt ceiling for years to block Democrats’ agenda. Now liberals see an opening to stymy Trump.

The new budget forecasts predicted that the United States will record a $1.9 trillion budget deficit this fiscal year and ...

In this edition of the Hot Seat, Mike Murphy from the Committee for Responsible Budget Policy addresses the $36 trillion ...

Article I, Section 8, Clause 2 of our Constitution allows our political parties to borrow money on behalf of the United States ... increasing federal government debt. Based on Peter G.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Friday the nation will hit its debt ceiling the day after President Trump is inaugurated and that the agency will begin “extraordinary measures” to stave off ...

The United States borrows money to pay its bills and obligations, including funding for social safety net programs, interest on the national debt and salaries for members of the armed forces.

"The United States has built a dangerous mountain of debt quite simply because our political leaders are unwilling to do the hard work of governing responsibly and acting as fiscal stewards for ...

The national debt is over $36 trillion ... deficits have repeatedly been over or just under $2 trillion. “The United States has built a dangerous mountain of debt quite simply because our ...

The national debt, currently at $36.3 trillion and growing, is a boulder weighing on economic prosperity. The money lent to ...

Americans pay more taxes to support health care than do the citizens of any other country. We must either fix our health care system or watch our economy implode.

"The United States has built a dangerous mountain of debt quite simply because our political leaders are unwilling to do the hard work of governing responsibly and acting as fiscal stewards for ...