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In yesterday's New York Times, the paper asks in its " Room for Debate" series what federal spending we are better off without in light of the...

In an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal, House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) presents a possible down payment on the debt as a way out of...

The government is still shut down, and the debt ceiling is looming around the corner. Markets are beginning to worry, and the country is facing its...

As we draw ever nearer to the projected deadline for hitting the debt ceiling, Congress still has not been able to make a deal. Today, CRFB board...

Earlier this week, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs convened a hearing addressing fraudulent behavior in the Social...

Update: The Obama Administration has issued a veto threat for the bill, instead preferring that Congress pass a clean CR and debt ceiling increase. As...

Today, the Fix the Debt Campaign's Congressional Fiscal Leadership Council released an open letter signed by a group of 120 former Members of Congress...

As we continue to approach the October 17 deadline when the Treasury Department estimates that extraordinary measures will be exhausted, leaving...

Last week, we noted that the furlough of "non-essential" employees at the Congressional Budget Office due to the government shutdown could halt the...

In an op-ed in the Cleveland Plain Dealer yesterday, former Senator George Voinovich (R-OH) criticized the current Congress not just for the ongoing...

On Day 7 of the government shutdown, it is not surprising that we are talking about a "leadership deficit" as much as the federal deficit. While there...

Previously, we've voiced a number of concerns about sequestration, including that it is too abrupt, too mindless, too focused on the discretionary...