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Lawmakers cleared their second Fiscal Speed Bump of the year - the expiration of the one-year "doc fix" - earlier this month, scuttling the Medicare...

Our partners at Fix the Debt released a graphic yesterday highlighting the fiscal irresponsibility of the 114th Congress in the few months it has been...

Congress sped through this year's second and third " Fiscal Speed Bumps" in March, ignoring the return of the statutory debt limit (though the hard...

The House Appropriations Committee kicked off appropriations season this week by starting to mark up their Fiscal Year 2016 bills at the same time...

The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget is pleased to announce three new job openings. Those who are interested can visit our jobs page for a...

Big economic policy news came last week when lawmakers announced a bipartisan agreement (H.R. 1890) to revive Trade Promotion Authority in order to...

At the end of May, lawmakers will have to reauthorize surface transportation spending, and by the summer, they will need to have a solution to address...

We published a paper with our partners at Fix the Debt last week to help answer questions about the budget conference committee that met for the first...

Earlier this week, CRFB analyzed a new plan from New Jersey Governor Chris Christie that, among other things, would close about 60 percent of the...

In an ode to former Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) and his work to shed light on government waste with the annual publication of his Wastebook, freshman Rep...

With the House and Senate preparing to go to conference to work out the differences between their budget resolutions, we published a paper Tuesday...

The House and Senate are going to a conference committee to reconcile the differences between their budget resolutions, but legislative developments...