Budgets & Projections

Senate Budget Committee chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND) and ranking Republican Judd Gregg (R-NH) today introduced legislation to create an 18 member...

There's an intriguing passage in the White House press release on President Obama's stimulus speech at Brookings yesterday: " An overall approach to...

Secretary Geithner recently said that the Administration will outline its exit strategy for TARP in the next few weeks, but the expiration date has...

The Congressional Budget Office has come out with a report estimating the impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on employment and...

Under the Senate health care reform bill the average American will pay about the same for insurance as he or she pays now, the CBO and the Joint...

Yesterday, the FDIC reported that the deposit insurance fund fell below zero for the first time since the third quarter of 1992 (during the savings...

UPDATE: CHARTS AUTOMATICALLY UPDATE AS NEWER LEGISLATION IS PUT FORWARD. CURRENTLY, THEY REFLECT THE MANAGER'S AMENDMENT TO THE SENATE BILL. Today, US...

The Democratic Blue Dog Coalition, a group comprised of fiscally conservative members of the House, officially endorsed the Securing America’s Future...

A number of very interesting and relevant government reports have come out this week. Check them out: GAO: Recovery Act: Recipient Reported Jobs Data...

UPDATE: CBO has modified its cost estimate for the House bill to save $138 billion over ten years, instead of $109 billion. This change is due to the...

UPDATE: CLICK HERE TO SEE OUR LATEST CHARTS AND GRAPHS COMPARING THE DECEMBER 19TH MANAGER'S AMENDMENT TO THE HOUSE BILL. Yesterday Majority Leader...

UPDATE: SEE THE MARCH UPDATE HERE. CRFB has updated its health care chart, detailing the ten-year costs and savings from the most recent legislation...