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Recently, Congressman Reid Ribble (R-WI) sent a letter to his colleagues in Congress calling for them to use the upcoming fiscal discussions to push...

On Tuesday, Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) presented his Family Fairness and Opportunity Tax Reform Act, which will be introduced in the coming days. Senator...

Update: CBO has now released its official Alternative Fiscal Scenario estimates (tab 6 of the Excel). They find that debt reaches 165 percent of GDP...

Given the impact of Medicare and Social Security on our fiscal path, seniors are given a lot of attention whenever Congress debates deficit reduction...

Many are pessimistic about whether Congress will be able to meaningfully address our countries debt challenges this fall, especially with the...

This morning, at 9 AM Eastern time at the Capitol Visitors Center, CRFB will host " Defining Moments for the Debt," an event which will discuss the...

CBO's Long-Term Budget Outlook is a sizeable 126-page document with tons of facts and figures, and an accompanying spreadsheet with even more data. In...

It's here — CBO has released its updated long-term baseline. Since December, many commentators have attempted to see where we stand since the fiscal...

The Congressional Budget Office, on Friday, estimated that the Energy & Commerce Committee’s (E&C) bill to permanently replace the flawed Sustainable...

We are now another week closer to a possible government showdown, and still no viable solution has emerged. But while a deal may have not come...

Beginning tomorrow, the Federal Open Market Committee, the Fed's interest rate setting and deliberative body that meets eight times a year -- will...

Tomorrow, former U.S. Comptroller General and CRFB Board Member Dave Walker will hold an event at the National Press Club to mark the ending the...