Papers
View our recurring reports, which summarize and analyze the most important regular federal budget releases and reports.
Budget Blueprint: Paths to 60 Percent
In Red Ink Rising: A Call to Action to Stem the Mounting Federal Debt, The Peterson-Pew Commission on Budget Reform calls on policy makers to...
Op-Ed: Congress' Bad Record of Passing Appropriations Bills Shows Need for Budget Process Reform
The Hill | Dec. 10, 2009 In the next few days, the House and Senate will engage in their usual end-of-year dance and vote on two massive omnibus...
Five Steps to Cut the National Debt
Sphere | Dec. 10, 2009 Earlier this week, lawmakers confirmed that they will increase the national debt ceiling by as much as $1.8 trillion – raising...
Newly Updated Charts Comparing Health Care Reform Bills
With new legislation recently released and estimated in the Senate, US BudgetWatch has updated the health care comparison charts and graphs. In this...
Evaluating Health Care Plans
Building on Comparing Health Care Plans, this paper goes beyond simply describing the Senate HELP bill, the House Tri-Committee bill, and the amended...
Comparing Health Care Plans: A Guide to Reform Proposals
While there is broad agreement that health reform is necessary, there is little consensus on what changes are needed. To help the public understand...
Deficit Reduction: Lessons from Around the World
To provide models for U.S. policy in adopting a medium-term deficit reduction program over the next 10 years, this paper examines deficit reduction in...
A Closer Look at the President's FY 2010 Budget Process Reform Proposals
This paper examines the Obama administration budget reform proposals and evaluates how (and if) they would improve the budget process and restore...
Reducing the Budget Deficit Requires More Than Just Health Care Reform
Roll Call | Sept. 15, 2009 On the current path, budget deficits will exceed $9 trillion over the next decade. This calls for a dramatic shift in the...
