This week on Facing the Future, we hear from Brookings Institution Senior Fellow Molly Reynolds who specializes in researching Congress. She says the failure of Congress to do the most basic things like pass an annual budget due to partisan polarization and dysfunction weakens the institution and dilutes its constitutionally protected role of appropriating government funds. At the same time, this emboldens Presidents to take unilateral executive actions such as forgiving student loans that cost taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars.
Social Security and Medicare Trustees Urge Prompt Action
Saving Social Security
How Much Does the U.S. Government Lose in Fraud?
Students Rise to the Fiscal Challenge
The 2025 Tax Blob
Rhetoric and Reality of Taxing the Rich
The Economics of Immigration
A Democrat's Case for Fiscal Responsibility
Pros and Cons of the Biden Budget
What to Look for in Biden's Budget
Budget Politics Risk a Shutdown (Again)
Monetary Policy at a Crossroads
CBO - U.S. Fiscal Path is Unsustainable
January Jobs Jolt
Biden's Dubious Tax Pledge
A Bipartisan Tax Bill Takes Shape
Looming Fiscal Cliffs in 2025 and Beyond
Consequences of a Broken Budget Process
Fiscal Challenges for the Next Administration
The 2023 Fiscal Review: Running in Place
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