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Homeownership has become increasingly out of reach for many Americans. The median age of a first-time homebuyer is forty, home prices have increased by 150% since 2012, and the median single-family home now costs five times the median household income. The U.S. faces a housing shortage of approximately 4 to 8 million homes nationwide, driving up home prices and limiting inventory for young families.
Part of the “Effective Budgeting” series. A bipartisan, bicameral consensus is emerging on bringing deficits down to 3 percent of GDP, and then on toward balance thereafter. I was honored that Chairman Arrington invited me to testify on that goal at the House Budget Committee last month. After touching on the main themes of my […]
To check the excessive federal borrowing that drives up the cost of living and undermines prosperity, a balanced budget amendment (BBA) proposal is coming to the House floor next week. A next-generation BBA like this will also push Congress to fix the way it operates and improve fiscal democracy.
Members of Congress and their advisors are creative. They can figure out better ways to prevent, deter, and prosecute misuse of taxpayer funds. How tragic, then, that members have limited legislative opportunities to spread their wings.
On January 28, a federal district court struck down Mississippi’s long-standing moratorium on the establishment of certain new health care facilities, calling the forty-year application of the moratorium “irrational.”
As a part of efforts by Georgia leaders to continue improving economic opportunity and affordability, H.B. 987 could help millions of Georgia workers and their families by removing obstacles that have given self-employed workers disadvantages in pursuing affordable benefits.
Americans need a pro-worker agenda for the 21st century. It’s time to empower workers to chase opportunity, not ask permission from unions or government.
With permitting reform, we can build a resilient, secure and affordable future — one that strengthens the economy and national security.
Don’t believe the headlines. The government shutdown is not really about Obamacare. That’s just the pretext.
