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Bill Frenzel, CRFB co-chairman and former ranking member on the House Budget Committee, made a convincing case for a Presidential debate on specific...

While we have already broken down the Social Security Trustees report, the Trustees have also produced a report for Medicare. Considering that health...

Play On – The NHL playoffs are under way. The Red Wings were clipped, the Sharks sunk, the Canucks cannot, and the Penguins were iced. In Washington...

With the release of Trustees reports on Social Security and Medicare, CRFB has released its analysis of the Social Security report, breaking down the...

The Social Security and Medicare Trustees have signed off on their respective reports on the financial projections for the two programs, though we...

In addition to the infographic CBO released yesterday, it also released a detailed new report on the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance pood stamp...

Among the many policies Governor Romney has proposed in his run for President are substantial reductions in tax rates for individuals, including a 20...

Although CBO's analysis of the budgetary effects of the President's budget was released last month, today they released a very useful report on the...

More often than not, pictures can demonstrate a problem or issue better than the raw data can. CBO has taken that to heart and recently released four...

The House is set to move forward on legislation that would enact a tax cut for small businesses. The Small Business Tax Cut Act (HR 9) allows small...

One day after Senate Budget Committee chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND) released a budget resolution based on the Fiscal Commission plan, another Budget...

In an op-ed in The Roanoke Times, CRFB president Maya MacGuineas calls for policymakers and citizens to put fiscal responsibility at the forefront of...