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Yesterday, in POLITICO David Rogers had an article about an effort in the House to temporarily delay the sequester scheduled to hit at year's end. As...

The Citizens for Tax Justice (CTJ) just released a new report detailing their own estimates of a number of options for raising revenue through...

In an op-ed in Roll Call, David Walker lamented the lack of a "feasible" debt plan among the Presidential candidates, including President Obama. While...

As the Treasury Department continues its winding down of TARP programs, it will sell off $6 billion of AIG shares, likely bringing its ownership stake...

If there's anything people can agree on in Washington, it is that the current budget process is broken. Congress has not passed a budget resolution...

One of the wonkier discussions that arise inside the Washington beltway from time to time is what accounting method to use for federal credit programs...

In an op-ed in the Washington Post, Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) disapproves of the current debate on the transportation bill that is being considered. He...

Deficit Secondary in Primary – The presidential primary campaign hits a key point this week as "Super Tuesday" contests in several states may go a...

For those of you who have had trouble keeping track of the many premium support proposals that have come out over the past year, the Kaiser Family...

The Tax Reform Act of 1986 is often hailed as a major bipartisan achievement, a reform that simplified the tax code and lowered marginal tax rates. Of...

Tax Policy Center has a new paper out showing what tax rates would have to be in order to stabilize the debt at 60 percent of GDP in 2020, 2025, and...

With CBO recently having scored President Obama's 2013 Budget Request, included within the total score is a score of a policy known as capping...