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Now that the government shutdown and debt default threat are in the rearview mirror (for now), analysts have been taking time to survey the economic...

The shutdown may be over and fears of a default adverted for now, but the reality remains that we still haven't made any progress on our debt problem...

Recent reports have suggested the new budget conference committee may focus its attention of a deal to replace sequestration. A recent paper from the...

With President Obama's signature on Thursday morning, the nation went from the brink of default to having a least a little elbow room on the debt...

In additional to reopening the government and suspending the debt ceiling, last night, both the House and Senate agreed to go to Budget Conference...

This is the eleventh post in our blog series, The Tax Break-Down, which will analyze and review tax breaks under discussion as part of tax reform. Our...

Yesterday, former Defense Secretary and CRFB board member Leon Panetta headlined a press conference at the National Press Club on the need for our...

Ending the Shutdown and Cranking Up the Debt Limit – It’s been an up-and-down past couple of weeks. The federal government has been shut down since...

After a few weeks of government shutdown and a nerve-wracking lead-up to hitting the debt ceiling, the Senate leadership announced today it had come...

The prolonged government shutdown and debt ceiling debate are a clear indication that our government is not functioning as it should. Furloughed...

Yesterday, Former Treasury Secretary and director of the National Economic Council Larry Summers argued that “budget deficits are now a second-order...

Bipartisan discussions over how to end the partial government shutdown and raise the debt ceiling are coming down to the wire as this week begins...