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In 2010 and 2011, the federal government "spent" nearly $50 billion in revenue on energy tax expenditures. But are these provisions actually achieving...

Among developed countries the US is unique in taxes in a number of different ways. One claim to fame is the fact that the U.S. now has the highest...

Today in an opinion piece in The Washington Post and in a report from Third Way, Jon Cowan and Jim Kessler present an intriguing argument tackling...

Today, on The New York Times' Economix blog, former Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers and CRFB board member Laura Tyson discusses the possible...

Yesterday, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities updated its long-term outlook for the federal budget and like our long-term Realistic Baseline...

It's no secret that getting health care spending under control will be key for the federal budget. Nearly one out of every four federal program...

According to press reports today, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT) are about to take a very...

In an article from The New England Journal of Medicine, CRFB board member Alice Rivlin along with former Senators Tom Daschle, Pete Domenici, and...

The projections in the latest Medicare and Social Security Board of Trustees Report were further proof of the need to reform these important...

With the G8 summit over and the G20 summit approaching, CRFB board member and former chair of the Council of Economic Advisors Laura Tyson takes a...

Up next on the list of Fiscal Speed Bumps is the July 1 deadline upon which the 3.4 percent interest rate for subsidized Stafford loans is set to...

The Congressional Budget Office's cost estimate of the Senate's immigration bill attracted a great deal of attention due to the $197 billion in...