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Today, the Super Committee will hold its first public hearing in over a month. As the weeks have gone by, anticipation has built about the prospects...

Earlier today, Texas Governor and Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry announced details of his " Cut, Balance and Grow" plan for spending and...

We receive a fair amount of e-mails from concerned citizens every day, be it questions, concerns, comments, or just general thoughts. Every so often...

Play Ball, Please – Baseball’s World Series is under way and it is a classic contest between evenly matched teams that could go either way. Meanwhile...

Two recent warnings over the United States' fiscal outlook are worth taking a look at. First, Bank of America Merrill Lynch released a report last...

You might have seen a piece featured in The Nation last week arguing “How the Austerity Class Rules Washington,” noting in the very first line how the...

The Tax Reform Act of 1986 turned 25 on Saturday, prompting a number of commentators to write their perspective on the reform. We will highlight three...

As is well-known by now, the growth in entitlement programs fueled by rising health care costs and an aging population threatens an ever-increasing...

With just a month left to go before the temporary funding for FY 2012 runs out, the Senate is trying a different strategy from the one that has...

With the Super Committee deliberating and the window for committee submissions passed, CRFB has released an analysis and a corresponding slide show...

Earlier this week, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) announced a number of rate increases to take effect in January 2012. For starters, the cost of first...

The President’s Plan for Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction included a detailed legislative proposal intended to enforce a declining path for the...