Senate

We hope all of our readers had very happy holidays. Now that we are back from our vacation, there is a lot to report on regarding congressional...

UPDATE: CBO mistakenly overestimated the deficit-reducing effect of the Medicare Commission in their score. As a result, they now estimate deficit...

Congress will leave town for the holidays without completing some serious fiscal business, but with a full agenda for next year. The House and Senate...

Senate Budget Committee chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND) and ranking Republican Judd Gregg (R-NH) today introduced legislation to create an 18 member...

This morning, eleven freshman Senators introduced a series of health care reform amendments which they call the Value and Innovation Package (thanks...

On December 3rd, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke appeared before the Senate Banking Committee for the hearing on his nomination to a...

Yesterday, the Senate voted 60-39 to begin debating their health care reform bill (all 60 votes were needed for debate to continue). CRFB has put...

UPDATE: CLICK HERE TO SEE OUR LATEST CHARTS AND GRAPHS COMPARING THE DECEMBER 19TH MANAGER'S AMENDMENT TO THE HOUSE BILL. Yesterday Majority Leader...

UPDATE: SEE THE MARCH UPDATE HERE. CRFB has updated its health care chart, detailing the ten-year costs and savings from the most recent legislation...

Breaking news: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is finally in the midst of unveiling the health care reform plan that will be brought to the Senate...

Maya MacGuineas, President of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, will testify today before the Senate Budget Committee on proposals to...

President of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, Maya MacGuineas, testified before the Senate Budget Committee on proposals to form a...