Papers

Politico | February 15, 2013 The continual fiscal brinkmanship of the past two years — in which policymakers go from crisis to crisis, avoiding...

Note: Paper has been updated from original posting to account for new estimate of previously enacted savings.

Politico | February 5, 2013 Believe it or not, Democrats and Republicans sometimes come together and do something positive in Washington, and that has...

The Hill | February 2, 2013 The president says he is going to spend the first few months of his second term traveling the country attacking...

TaxVox | February 1, 2013 In one of the more dangerous fiscal developments of recent months, some on the left are defining successful deficit...

Patriot News | January 29, 2013 We are in a state of stupor over the federal budget. No, it’s not we citizens. But, rather, it’s our federal elected...

The Government We Deserve | January 23, 2013 “We must act, knowing that our work will be imperfect,” Barack Obama proclaimed in his second inaugural...

The Arizona Republic | January 21, 2013 One thing I learned during my 22 years of serving in Congress is this: When the chips are down, Republicans...

The Hill | January 18, 2013 There appears to be a certain quality of self-immolation to the way the Republicans in Congress are approaching their...

New York Times | January 14, 2013 The elbow room the government has given itself on the debt ceiling is quickly approaching, and there are a numbers...