Budgets & Projections

Here are the highlights from this weekend’s editorials on fiscal and budget policy: The New York Times argued that the temporarily higher federal...

Commission Commencement – President Obama signed Thursday the Executive Order officially creating the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and...

The CBO has released its cost estimate of the Senate Jobs bill, the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act, as introduced by Senator Harry Reid...

Moments ago, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget released a joint statement on the President's just- announced National Committee on Fiscal...

Update: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has said he will make Republican appointments to the deficit commission. Saying that the nation's...

According to Lori Montgomery: Mr. Obama will name former Clinton White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles and former Republican Sen. Alan Simpson as...

As we celebrate President’s Day, here is a look at our two presidents of the day, Washington and Lincoln, and some of their experiences with debt...

Commission Coming – The White House says President Obama will create a fiscal commission by executive order within days. Meanwhile, Republicans still...

Although our initial analysis of the President's Budget focused on his ten-year budget plan, the Budget itself includes much, much more. Nestled in...

In the budget released last week, the President outlined his vision for additional economic stimulus. Included in his proposal was $76 billion over 11...