Update: The Senate Appropriations Committee has released its companion CR/appropriations bill package with total funding at the same level as the...

Tax expenditures are a frequent subject of this blog, as they are less visible than government spending due to the tax code's great complexity. But...

The last Congress attempted to work out a new farm bill but could never reach an agreement. The American Taxpayer Relief Act, the agreement reached...

On Friday, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released its latest detailed report of how the cuts in sequestration will be allocated. The...

As our national debt and deficit continue to rise, a question that continues to be on many people’s minds is how rising debt levels impact the economy...

Friday at 11:59 PM, sequestration officially began, triggering sharp across-the-board cuts without much progress on bipartisan replacement plan. Our...

In a move that had been anticipated for a while, the Obama Administration has nominated Sylvia Mathews Burwell to be the next OMB director. Jeff...

We brought up a couple of weeks ago that there were a number of plans to replace the sequester for either a year or permanently. Now, CBO has given us...

Throughout the week we have been breaking down the new report from the Brookings Institution's Hamilton Project, " 15 Ways to Rethink the Federal...

We've written extensively on the chained CPI, which represents both a more accurate measure of inflation and a policy change which would result in...

We've said frequently on this blog that controlling health care spending will be a crucial part of putting the debt on a sustainable path. After all...

Our fourth blog on "15 Ways to Rethink the Federal Budget," a new report from the Brookings Institution's Hamilton project examines national disaster...