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Over the past week, interest rates on the benchmark 10 year Treasury bond rose. Key drivers were: less safe haven demand for US government instruments...

Today, the House Ways and Means Committee held its first hearing on tax-reform of the 112th Congress. Several witnesses testified at the meeting...

Today the Republican Study Committee (RSC), the caucus of conservatives in the House of Representatives, announced their proposal for reducing our...

How do you want Washington to get our country's fiscal house in order? CRFB's Fiscal Roadmap Project has just launched a new "Voices of America" video...

While we are keenly aware that the "F" in CRFB stands for "Federal", it is difficult to ignore the budget plight of the states. According to the...

OMB recently released an annual report on PAYGO, showing the budgetary impacts of PAYGO legislation, current policy exemptions, and exemptions for...

Can Dreams of Cooperation be Fulfilled? – Yesterday the nation celebrated the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. His vision of unity and...

In her latest commentary on CNN Money, CRFB President Maya MacGuineas discusses the ugly facts about our national debt. If Congress and the president...

Dr. Christina Romer is calling for President Obama to use his January 25th State of the Union address as a means to outline a credible plan to lower...

With much of Washington talking about how to address our fiscal situation, more specific budget areas are coming into focus. One area that some are...

Today, Vice President Joe Biden announced that Bruce Reed will be his next chief of staff. Bruce served as Executive Director of the President's...

The independent, non-partisan policy group Taxpayers for Common Sense (TCS) released their recommendations for how to reduce the deficit. They...