Budgets & Projections

As the budget conference committee works to develop a plan to offset some of the sequester, they may be tempted to use budget gimmicks in place of...

The second meeting of the budget conference committee will happen today at 10 AM Eastern time. The conferees do not have a lot of time, as their...

When talking about the debt, it is hard to avoid also talking about generational inequity. Many groups, especially the Can Kicks Back, have worked to...

The Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress, posted a short educational video explaining the national debt today. In a...

It's no secret that a significant portion of the federal budget is devoted to our national defense and insurance programs like Social Security...

All eyes are on the budget conference committee, which has a myriad of options available to consider as it negotiates this year's budget resolution...

With conference committee meetings underway, many are weighing in with their take on what should be accomplished. On Friday, Fareed Zakaria at CNN...

As lawmakers look to replace the sequester with smarter deficit reduction, it may be tempting to look for easy ways out. Unfortunately in recent...

Update: This blog has been updated to include the Mid-Session Review and CBO projections for the 2013 deficit. Yesterday, the Treasury Department and...

Two weeks ago, we responded to a Larry Summers op-ed calling for a focus on growth rather than deficits. Yesterday, Wall Street Journal economics...

Today was the first meeting of the budget conference committee negotiating over this year's discretionary spending levels. Although the first meeting...

The first meeting of the budget conference committee is today! The committee will have a month and a half to reconcile the House and Senate-passed...