Action this week has been in the stock and currency markets. “Stocks are on a September roll” ( Wall Street Journal), as the US growth play continues...

Today, the White House announced its intent to appoint CFRB Board Member Jim Kolbe and CFRB Co-Chair Bill Frenzel to the Advisory Committee for Trade...

Nobody's breaking out the champagne for this anniversary. On this day two years ago, the collapse of Lehman Brothers turned an already bad-looking...

The Washington Post reported Tuesday that the number of workers seeking disability benefits from Social Security’s Disability Insurance Program has...

UPDATE: The Senate passed the small business package on Thursday 9/16, and the House is expected to pass the legislation early next week. The Senate...

We reported a lot in June about small efforts the White House and OMB were taking to cut costs in the government. Now, the Obama Administration is...

Kick-off Time – Football season got underway this weekend, and the final legislative drive before the mid-term elections also commences this week. The...

The “Orszag Plan” laid out by former OMB director Peter Orszag in his inaugural New York Times column argues that we should extend the tax cuts for...

US markets this week continue to reflect a modest growth play despite uninspiring data. Safe haven concerns from abroad and deflation worries have...

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke yesterday about the importance of taking action soon to ensure future fiscal sustainability, calling the...

A small controversy has been brewing in the blogosphere over the relative value of the higher-income 2001/2003 tax cuts and the Social Security...

The Tax Policy Center recently unveiled their new “Tax Calculator,” which examines how the decisions regarding the 2001/2003 tax cuts will affect...