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Recently, a bipartisan duo in the House -- Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-FL) and Rep. David Joyce (R-OH) -- introduced the SAVE Act, a bill to reduce federal...

This weekend, The New York Times (NYT) editorial board laid out an argument for why they believe Social Security’s long-term gap is relatively...

When the financial crisis began at the end of 2007, it soon became clear that the government would need to run higher deficits in response. Tax...

Standard and Poor's Ratings Services confirmed today its AA+ long-term sovereign credit rating on US debt, where it has been since the August 2011...

Yesterday we responded to a new report by Michael Linden at the Center for American Progress, which called for a “reset” of the fiscal debate, and...

Dive In – The pools have opened to provide relief from the summer heat and an opportunity to work on those tans. Congress is back in session this week...

Bipartisanship will be a crucial element when it comes to reforming Social Security and achieving other budget related reforms in the near future. In...

In a new paper, the Center for American Progress's Michael Linden makes the case for resetting the fiscal debate. His main point is that given...

Earlier this week, we discussed the new Medicare Trustees projections which project that the Hospital Insurance (HI, or Part A) trust fund will be...

CRFB's latest interactive tool " The Reformer" is a handy game that allows users to design their own Social Security plan. Users can select from a...

Update: The video has now been posted. Today, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, the Mercatus Center, and Third Way held an event...

The new Social Security Trustees Report leaves us another year closer to the trust fund's insolvency and the takeaway remains the same - we do not...