Historic Moment – On this day 150 years ago, President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address dedicating the new national cemetery at the...

The year is rapidly coming to a close, with only 11 days left that the House plans to be in session. Before the year's end, Congress is supposed to...

Though the government shutdown ended a little over a month ago, its effects still linger on. In an editorial published today in The Hill, former...

As the conferees met yesterday, any doubt that we can afford to wait on the long-term debt problem should have quickly been erased after CBO Director...

On Monday, we took a look at the breakdown of federal spending and taxes by the type of household, particularly between elderly and non-elderly...

Yesterday, the Congressional Budget Office released its budget options paper, a biannual report that provides over 100 suggestions of specific things...

In addition to CBO director Doug Elmendorf's testimony, yesterday's budget conference committee meeting produced another notable moment: a proposal...

At the second meeting of the budget conference committee earlier today, CBO director Doug Elmendorf was on hand to present the budget and economic...

We may have had to wait a little longer due to the government shutdown, but CBO's new budget options report is finally here. Today, CBO released its...

The budget conference committee is holding its second hearing this morning as the conferees continue to try and work out a compromise between the...

As the budget conference committee works to develop a plan to offset some of the sequester, they may be tempted to use budget gimmicks in place of...