Here are the highlights from this weekend’s editorials on fiscal and budget policy: The Washington Post criticized the House health care bill because...

A number of very interesting and relevant reports have come out of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) the...

This morning, US Budget Watch, a joint project of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and The Pew Charitable Trusts, hosted an event on the...

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ monthly report, the unemployment rate made a stunning leap in October from 9.8% in September to 10.2%...

US Budget Watch has updated a number of charts comparing the latest versions of the health care reform bills. Included is the new Republican version...

UPDATE: The Senate has passed a bill to extend jobless benefits, a bill which also includes the extension in the homebuyer tax credit and carry-back...

In today's Washington Post, Ceci Connelly has an article titled, "Health Bills are too Timid on Cutting Costs, Experts Say." In it she discusses how...

Yesterday, the Congressional Budget Office put out An Overview of Federal Support for Housing. In the report, CBO outlined the nearly $300 billion in...

This Friday, November 6th U.S. Budget Watch will be hosting an event, "Will Health Care Reform Heal the Federal Budget?" This event aims to explore...

In a speech given today at New York University, OMB Director Peter Orszag said the Administration intends to cut the deficit in half by the end of...

According to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), roughly $5.1 trillion in publicly traded U.S. Treasury bonds – or around 78 percent of our...

On Friday evening, the FDIC reported that it has taken over an additional nine banks ( FDIC Closes Nine Banks) for a cost to the FDIC of around $2.5...