Budgets & Projections

With the details on the agreement reached by Budget Committee chairs Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Patty Murray (D-WA) made fully available yesterday, CRFB has...

On Tuesday, Sen. Patty Murray and Rep. Paul Ryan announced a budget deal that set discretionary spending levels for the next two years, removed some...

So far, reactions to the budget agreement have been mixed. As we said in our report yesterday, Understanding the Bipartisan Budget Act, the deal...

Update: See our full analysis of the deal here On December 10th, Budget Committee chairmen Patty Murray and Paul Ryan announced an agreement to set...

As budget talks continue, negotiators could turn to postal reform for budgetary savings. The United States Postal Service is currently in bankruptcy...

As the budget conference committee continues its work on finding a bipartisan solution to replacing a portion of the sequester with better targeted...

The budget conference committee is rumored to be close to a deal that includes changes to federal retirement programs, increasing the share that...

With Budget chairs Ryan and Murray apparently close to a deal, they may turn to PBGC premiums as a way to raise money without increasing taxes. For...

Among the proposals that the budget committee is rumored to be considering to replace a small part of the sequester is an extension of a reduction in...