Overview
Leslie Belcher, managing director of Steptoe's Government Affairs & Public Policy group, authored an article in Washington Examiner titled "The $2 Trillion Time Bomb: Congress Can't Out-Vote the Clock." In this article, Leslie discusses how Congress is facing mounting pressure to address the nation's long-term fiscal challenges, with rising debt, growing interest costs, and projected Social Security funding shortfalls making delay increasingly difficult. She argues that a bipartisan fiscal commission, paired with shared political risk and a commitment to action, could help lawmakers tackle these issues before a crisis forces more painful solutions.
Read more at Washington Examiner.
