Just in time for Tax Day on Monday, the White House website has launched a taxpayer receipt. By entering what one has paid in federal taxes, the new...

Last night, Congressman Jim Cooper (D-TN) withdrew from consideration his substitute amendment to the FY 2012 budget resolution that will be voted on...

The House and Senate today approved of legislation funding the federal government for the rest of the fiscal year, ratifying the agreement reached...

Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), the ranking member of the House Budget Committee, has released his own budget proposal to counter that of Committee...

Today, the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), a liberal group of Democrats in the House, released its own FY 2012 budget, "The People's Budget,"...

Today, President Obama outlined his plan for putting our country back on a firm fiscal path to deal with our long-term debt problem. This is a huge...

With Tax Day rapidly approaching and our nation’s fiscal problems being fiercely debated, the timing of today’s events couldn’t be more perfect. We’re...

Event Summary On Tuesday, April 12, the Moment of Truth (MOT) project and the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) co-hosted an event at the Johns...

In her recent column for the Economix blog of The New York Times, CRFB board member Laura D'Andrea Tyson focuses on an issue that's received...

Update: Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), the ranking Democrat on the House Budget Committee, also offered his support for Fiscal Commission's...