Papers
View our recurring reports, which summarize and analyze the most important regular federal budget releases and reports.
Op-Ed: With Order Restored, Let’s Act
The Hill | November 11, 2013 For the past three years, Congress has been stuck in a partisan stalemate that has threatened fiscal confidence and...
Op-Ed: Stop the Madness, Start Discussing Long-Term Solutions to Debt Issues
The Hill | October 29, 2013 The recent budget showdown was both completely predictable and totally avoidable, as was the resulting damage to our...
The Budget Crisis Is Over (Temporarily), But Another Is Coming Soon
Forbes | October 25, 2013 Each house passed a budget for FY 2014. Those budgets were miles apart but neither house showed any interest in negotiating...
Op-Ed: A Fair Trade for Entitlement Reform Includes Increased Revenue
The Washington Post | October 25, 2013 The Post’s Oct. 20 editorial on the budget challenge [ “A fiscal quid pro quo”] made important points but was...
Q&A: Everything You Need to Know About a Budget Conference
This year, Congress made it a priority to pass a concurrent budget resolution. Both the House of Representatives and Senate passed their own budget...
Op-Ed: Hey Congress: Use This Moment
zpolitics | October 17, 2013 As we finally emerge from what was simply the most recent in a long series of short-term fiscal crises, it is abundantly...
Op-Ed: Don’t Believe Myth That Debt Problem is a Myth
The Weekly Wonk | October 10, 2013 Last week, the government of the richest and most powerful nation in the world shut off its lights and closed its...
Op-Ed: We Already Knew the Real Solutions
New York Times | October 9, 2013 As we enter the second week of the government shutdown, one area of government waste has been clearly exposed: the...
Op-Ed: A Way Out Possible
The Hill | October 9, 2013 We are on a collision course with financial calamity. A first-time-ever failure to extend the federal debt limit would lead...
Op-Ed: If Congress Won't Lead, Others Must
Star Tribune | October 5, 2013 Here we are again, watching as our national leaders engage in another fiscal fistfight. Partisan rancor, sadly, is now...