Can Washington find common ground to address the country’s looming debt crisis?

February 17, 2023, Interview: "With the United States on track to breach the federal debt ceiling later this year, budget negotiations are heating up between congressional Republicans and the Biden administration. But as the red ink continues to flow in Washington, is either party prepared to make the compromises necessary to dramatically slow the growth of the federal deficit? We spoke with Linda Bilmes, the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Senior Lecturer in Public Policy and an expert on the federal government’s budget process, to discuss what has driven the federal deficits in recent years and whether she thinks policymakers are prepared to find compromises to effectively tackle the country’s debt problem." Read Via HKS