Jacob J. Lew: “Congress needs to open the government. Congress needs to make it possible for us to pay our bills.”

The fiscal year 2017 President's budget puts forward the building blocks of a social compact for the 21st century and creates the conditions for sustained economic growth.

I don't think defaulting on payments to veterans is any better than defaulting on payments to foreign bond holders.

I have always thought that the sooner we could have a bipartisan conversation on dealing with Social Security, the better.

It is critically important for the peace of the world and the United States that Iran not get nuclear weapons.