The Cozen Lens - • The federal debt has grown dramatically in recent years, with both parties pursuing significant deficit spending, the impacts of which will likely not be fully clear for several years. • President Donald...more
GOP Lawmakers, Urging Fiscal Restraint, Push for $47.9B Budget - At a conference hosted by Pennsylvanian Republican legislators and Americans for Prosperity Pennsylvania, the GOP hardliners accused Governor Josh Shapiro (D)...more
Republicans in Congress this week continue to discuss ways to move forward President Trump’s legislative agenda through budget reconciliation. The House and Senate Budget committees passed budget resolutions that completely...more
“Despite all the discussion of spending cuts under the new unified GOP control in Washington, two words that President Trump did not utter even once during his inaugural address: deficit reduction.” — Howard Schweitzer, CEO,...more
Popular app-based dating services—from Tinder to OkCupid to Grindr—are the subject of unwanted scrutiny this week after a report by the Norwegian Consumer Council that they’re “spreading user information like dating choices...more
The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 (the “Act”), which suspends the federal debt limit through July 31, 2021, was signed into law on August 2, 2019. As a result, the U.S. Department of the Treasury has announced that it will...more
In case you haven’t had your eye on matters of global intrigue of late, figured we’d get you a bit caught up so that you know why your gas prices are heading north in the next couple of weeks....more
Governments are currently busy, or will be soon, preparing annual budgets that will be tabled in the months to come. The fiscal health and prospects of the provinces and federal government vary significantly. Whatever...more
At a time when Americans experience high anxiety and financial insecurity due to medical costs — with more than 20 percent of those with health insurance experiencing trouble paying for necessities, more than a quarter of...more
On April 10, 2013, President Obama released his budget proposal for fiscal year (FY) 2014 (the Budget). The President reiterated his long-standing goal of reducing the deficit by $4.3 trillion over 10 years and his...more