Papers
View our recurring reports, which summarize and analyze the most important regular federal budget releases and reports.
Op-Ed: Sequester Isn't Enough
USA Today | March 13, 2013 Just as Republicans and Democrats are poised for the next battle to bring down deficits through their budget proposals, a...
Op-Ed: The Sequester and Fiscal Policy
New York Times | March 8, 2013 The sequester – the large, across-the-board cuts in federal government spending that began to take effect on March 1...
Op-Ed: A Bad Sequester Is Worlds Better Than No Budget Deal At All
Forbes | February 26, 2013 Barring an unexpected breakthrough agreement between the Democratic Senate and the Republican House, the federal budget...
Op-Ed: Education Presidents And Governors: Ain't Gonna Happen
The Government We Deserve | February 20, 2013 In last week’s State of the Union speech, President Obama put great emphasis on expanding early...
Op-Ed: The Country Must Act to Address the Debt
US News & World Report | February 20, 2012 My old pal Erskine Bowles and I were deeply disappointed by the failure to reach agreement on a long-term...
Op-Ed: Obama, We Need Honest Dialogue on Debt
CNN | February 16, 2013 This week the president faced the American people to talk about, among other things, the budget. He said the right things...
Op-Ed: Memo to Congress, White House: Get Serious on Debt
Politico | February 15, 2013 The continual fiscal brinkmanship of the past two years — in which policymakers go from crisis to crisis, avoiding...
Report: Our Debt Problems Are Far From Solved
Note: Paper has been updated from original posting to account for new estimate of previously enacted savings.
Op-Ed: No Budget, No Pay - No Deal, No Break
Politico | February 5, 2013 Believe it or not, Democrats and Republicans sometimes come together and do something positive in Washington, and that has...
Op-Ed: A Compromise For the Nation
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...
Op-Ed: The Risks of Dumbing Down Fiscal Goals
TaxVox | February 1, 2013 In one of the more dangerous fiscal developments of recent months, some on the left are defining successful deficit...