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Budget season is underway! House Budget Committee Chairman kicked off the budget resolution exchange by releasing his FY 2014 budget " The Path to...

Without action by lawmakers to replace or eliminate them, the sequester cuts now in effect are anticipated to significantly reduce spending over the...

Last Friday, the CBO released a report showing how much the business cycle has affected budget deficits since 1960. The report shows the effect that...

As we come closer and closer to the season changing to spring, it's also close to budget season. Both the House and Senate Budget Committee chairs --...

The Urban Institute's Robert Berenson, John Holahan, and Stephen Zuckerman recently released a very useful paper entitled " Can Medicare Be Preserved...

In an Economix post in The New York Times, former Council of Economic Advisers chair and CRFB board member Laura Tyson argues that the sequester is...

With the new expectation that the House budget resolution will reach balance in 10 years -- more than 15 years earlier than was projected last year --...

Update: The Senate Appropriations Committee has released its companion CR/appropriations bill package with total funding at the same level as the...

After the Storm – Winter Storm Saturn moved through the Washington, DC area on Wednesday and was given the nickname "Snowquester" by the inside-the...

Tax expenditures are a frequent subject of this blog, as they are less visible than government spending due to the tax code's great complexity. But...

On Friday, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released its latest detailed report of how the cuts in sequestration will be allocated. The...

The last Congress attempted to work out a new farm bill but could never reach an agreement. The American Taxpayer Relief Act, the agreement reached...