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What Will He Say? – On Tuesday President Obama will avail himself of one of the most effective tools a President has to shape the Washington agenda...

Last month, we reported the positive developments that were happening with the major players--GM, Citigroup, and AIG--still left in the Troubled Asset...

Speaking today on the House floor, Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) gave a speech expressing his growing concern about our national deficit and debt. He also...

Yesterday, the organization Third Way released a plan outlining several Social Security reform proposals meant to ensure the program's solvency over...

With so much talk currently about the statutory debt ceiling, we at CRFB felt that this topic, which can be quite complex, deserved a good briefing...

In a recently published article in The Fiscal Times, CRFB board member Eugene Steuerle analyzes the current debate over health-care in Washington. Mr...

Over the past week, interest rates on the benchmark 10 year Treasury bond rose. Key drivers were: less safe haven demand for US government instruments...

Today, the House Ways and Means Committee held its first hearing on tax-reform of the 112th Congress. Several witnesses testified at the meeting...

Today the Republican Study Committee (RSC), the caucus of conservatives in the House of Representatives, announced their proposal for reducing our...

How do you want Washington to get our country's fiscal house in order? CRFB's Fiscal Roadmap Project has just launched a new "Voices of America" video...

While we are keenly aware that the "F" in CRFB stands for "Federal", it is difficult to ignore the budget plight of the states. According to the...

OMB recently released an annual report on PAYGO, showing the budgetary impacts of PAYGO legislation, current policy exemptions, and exemptions for...