Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, wrote a commentary that appeared in the Wall Street Journal Washington...

Here we go again, again. With government funding set to expire at the end of the week and no deal on the table, it is possible that the government...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its National Health Expenditure (NHE) numbers for 2014 today, showing an expected pickup...

There were many legislative developments in the past week, including the passage of a five-year highway bill and continued negotiations on a tax deal...

This blog is part of a series of " Policy Explainers" for the 2016 presidential election, where we explain some of the candidates' policy proposals...

Today marks the fifth anniversary of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform's (Fiscal Commission's) vote on the Simpson-Bowles...

Congress is still considering a potential fiscally irresponsible deal to extend the 50-some tax breaks that expired at the end of the year, known as...

Congressional negotiators this week released a conference agreement on highway spending authorization that will largely settle the issue of highway...

Senator James Lankford (R-OK), former Sen. Tom Coburn's (R-OK) successor, is maintaining the Debt Doctor's legacy with his Federal Fumbles book...

Congress is in the process of negotiating a potential $ 700 billion deal that would extend several tax provisions that expired at the end of 2014...

Robert L. Bixby, executive director of the Concord Coalition, and Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and...

A fiscally irresponsible bipartisan deal is emerging to re-instate, make permanent, and in some cases expand many expired tax breaks known as tax...