Papers
View our recurring reports, which summarize and analyze the most important regular federal budget releases and reports.
Maya MacGuineas' Testimony Before the Senate Budget Committee
Update 3/16/2015: This document was updated to correct several typographical and formatting errors.
The PREP Plan: A Permanent Fix for the Sustainable Growth Rate
On April 1 of this year, physicians face a 21 percent cut to their Medicare payments resulting from the return of the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR)...
Dartmouth Summit: Medicare Slowdown At Risk
Our partners at Fix the Debt co-hosted the Dartmouth Summit to produce recommendations for health care savings. Read the paper below, the two-page...
Chartbook: The President's FY 2016 Budget
For an annotated version of these charts, see our blog post "The President's Budget in 8 Charts (FY2016 Edition)"
Report: Analysis of the President’s FY 2016 Budget
Today, the President released his FY 2016 budget, laying out his priorities and proposals for the coming year. The budget includes policies and...
Report: CBO's January 2015 Budget and Economic Outlook
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its Budget and Economic Outlook today, showing their budget and economic forecasts through 2025. After...
The Better Budget Process Initiative: Improving Focus on the Long Term
For additional budget process resources including specific options for reform, visit our Better Budget Process Initiative home page. The budget...
CRFB Budget Resolution Principles
One of the first and most important priorities Congress should be agreeing to a budget resolution conference report that lays out a framework for...
Fiscal Speed Bumps: Challenges, Risks, and Opportunities
In the coming months and years, lawmakers will face a number of important budget-related deadlines, or Fiscal Speed Bumps, that will require...