Congress will leave town for the holidays without completing some serious fiscal business, but with a full agenda for next year. The House and Senate...

In a blog post earlier this week, Stan Collender presented a laundry list of suggestions about how deficit hawks can be more effective. As a proud...

Yesterday, on the heels of President Obama signing a $1.1 trillion "minibus" CRFB released a paper on the importance of controlling discretionary...

The chance that some type of bipartisan commission will be created to address the nation’s long-term fiscal challenges increased significantly this...

With U.S. debt held by the public on track to exceed 100% of the economy in a little over a decade, policymakers must come together now and implement...

Differing views on creating a deficit commission were aired at a Capitol Hill forum yesterday sponsored by the Cato Institute. The proposal, which is...

This afternoon, the House passed a $154 billion economic aid package. Below we have listed the major spending areas within the bill: Spending...

The IRS has agreed to give up billions in tax money in exchange for Citigroup’s repurchase of $20 billion of its assets held by TARP. In a notice...

Tim Penny, co-chair of the Peterson-Pew Commission on Budget Reform, was interviewed today for an hour on his home state public radio station. Saying...

The House has been extremely busy today, not only passing a $154 billion jobs bill but also passing a temporary continuing resolution, the defense...

Earlier this year the White House created a contest for federal employees that was focused on producing real ideas that would yield monetary savings...