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On Monday, House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) gave a speech calling for Congress to "Go Big" on deficit reduction. Hoyer opened by making the...

(Go) Big Events – The Academy Awards and the NBA All-Star Game competed for attention Sunday night. Both events are more about showmanship than...

Last year, our Spotlight on the States series highlighted many contentious battles to eliminate budget shortfalls in state capitals across the country...

CBPP released a paper last week re-affirming their support for switching to the chained CPI for calculation inflation adjustments for benefit programs...

The U.S. Budget Watch report " Primary Numbers: The GOP Candidates and the National Debt" has generated a lot of buzz since its release last Thursday...

Were it not for the growth in spending on Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, the United States wouldn't have much of a budget problem. The two...

True to this year's State of the Union address, the Obama Administration released a proposal Wednesday that seeks to lower the corporate tax rate from...

Several developments this week give us hope that this election season will offer some much-needed focus on fiscal policy. Although exit/entrance polls...

This morning, CRFB’s U.S. Budget Watch project will unveil Primary Colors: The GOP Candidates and the National Debt, a study of the policy proposals...

President Obama’s campaign made a splash this morning with their claims that Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney would dramatically increase the national...

Update: Watch the live stream below. Today in Boston, CRFB kicks off a national tour of policymakers, fiscal experts, and business leaders as part of...

Happy Presidents Day – As we honor those who have led this country, the race to become the next in that line is becoming more heated. And federal...