Budgets & Projections

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just released its August baseline, updating budget projections from March and economic projections from January...

CBO released its estimate of the economic effects of the President's budget late last week, doing dynamic scoring for the President's budget. Like...

Lawmakers have dealt with several Fiscal Speed Bumps – budgetary deadlines – throughout the year, but quite a few will appear over the next few months...

In talking about foreign aid in the context of his proposed budgets, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said that the federal government is “borrowing a million...

During the debate, Gov. Kasich pointed to his record as a past House Budget Committee Chairman and his ability to balance the federal budget in that...

This blog is the first in a “ Fiscal FactCheck ” designed to examine the accuracy of budget-related statements made during the 2016 presidential...

In response to a question about his plan for 4 percent economic growth, former Gov. Jeb Bush said, “We’ve done it 27 times since World War II. I think...

Another debt myth is that even if the long-term debt outlook is a problem, there is no need to address the debt now – it can be dealt with later. This...

Lawmakers have so far been reluctant to pay for the group of temporary tax cuts known as the " tax extenders," instead generally just adding the cost...