Papers
View our recurring reports, which summarize and analyze the most important regular federal budget releases and reports.
Avoiding Budget Gimmicks Chartbook: 2015
For additional budget process resources including specific options for reform, visit our Better Budget Process Initiative home page. A previous...
Op-Ed: Paving the Way for Sustainable Highway Financing
RealClearPolicy | May 21, 2015 Congress faces yet another deadline, and yet again is set to stall. This time, there literally could be a bumpy road...
The Road to Sustainable Highway Spending
The current legislation authorizing highway and mass transit spending is scheduled to expire at the end of May, and only a few months later the...
Updated Appropriations 101
Note: We have updated this paper, please see the latest Appropriations 101. What are appropriations? Appropriations are annual decisions made by...
Tax Day 2015: 10 Charts and 1 Table About Taxes
See some of these charts, with a more detailed explanation, at our blog Tax Day 2015: Charts to Explain Our Tax System
The Better Budget Process Initiative: Improving the Debt Limit
For additional budget process resources including specific options for reform, visit our Better Budget Process Initiative home page.
Report: CBO's Analysis of the President’s FY 2016 Budget
Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its re-estimate of the President’s FY 2016 budget, using its own economic and technical...