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As part of our blog series on CBO's recent long-term budget and economic projections, we now turn our focus to the fastest growing part of the budget...

Relying on the Kicking Game – The return of Congress to Washington has been about as productive as the return of RG3 to the football field for DC. The...

Although some argue that policymakers can wait to solve our long-term entitlement problems, CBO's recent Long-Term Budget Outlook suggests otherwise...

Congress faces a number of looming fiscal crises this fall, and the first obstacle is just around the corner -- if lawmakers fail to pass legislation...

Yesterday, the Washington Post Editorial Board published an editorial urging lawmakers to use the looming shutdown as an impetus to come up with a...

Update: The second graph has been corrected to show the correct year for each line. It is no secret that the growth of federal health care spending is...

On September 18, CRFB hosted "Defining Moments in Debt," a panel discussion at the Captial Visitor Center about the many impending "fiscal speed bumps...

It's the first week of fall, and that means the end of the fiscal year is drawing to a close. Unfortunately, we still do not have a bill funding the...

With the debt limit approaching and another showdown looming, the focus of some policymakers may naturally turn to how to avoid a similar potentially...

Last week, we laid out our expectations for the government funding negotiations, outlining grades for lawmakers based on how responsibly they handled...

Politicians and economists have long talked about the negative effects of an accumulating national debt, but cannot always quantify their position...

This is the eighth post in our blog series, The Tax Break-Down, which will analyze and review tax breaks under discussion as part of tax reform. Last...