The Super Bowl was held last Sunday, and the Olympics are coming up in a few days, but the biggest event this week happened today as CBO released its...

The CBO's baseline released today shows how spending is expected to grow over time and where that growth occurs in the federal budget. In general...

Note: This blog has been updated to talk about the first blog post in the series. For those in the budget world, today is not just the day after the...

In an op-ed in the Washington Post, columnist Ruth Marcus laments the lack of discussion of fiscal issues in President Obama's State of the Union...

Senators Richard Burr (R-NC), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), and Tom Coburn (R-OK) recently released a legislative proposal that would repeal and replace the...

Making a Statement – President Obama gave the State of the Union address on Tuesday. While he presented an optimistic message of action to promote...

When Congress ended the government shutdown last October, they also suspended the debt ceiling through February 7th, which is now only a week away...

While the President's 2014 State of the Union address largely eschewed talking about fiscal policy directly, it did touch on a number of proposals...

The threat of the " dairy cliff" is receding. On Monday, lawmakers in the farm bill conference committee emerged with an agreement that would save $17...

Last night, President Obama gave his State of the Union address to Congress, which mentioned fiscal policy on a several occasions. As one of the...

In yesterday's State of the Union address, the President called for extending unemployment benefits that expired in December, which would affect...