House of Representatives

The President's effort to forge a bipartisan solution to health care reform at today's summit has just started and is televised on C-Span (click here...

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

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

The Blue Dog Democrats, fresh off of attaining long-sought statutory PAYGO rules, are now setting their sights on capping discretionary spending. They...

No Limit to Ploys in House Rules – The House raised the debt limit to $14.3 trillion on Thursday using a procedure that allowed members to approve the...

The stakes are high and the House is raising the limit and calling the shots. No, we’re not talking Vegas – the casinos wish they were dealing with...

Congressman Paul Ryan’s Roadmap for America’s Future 2.0 is a standout accomplishment if for no other reason than that it deals with details. Imagine...

CRFB decided to fact check the exchange between President Obama and Congressman Hensarling at the Republican retreat. Here is the transcript with our...

Earlier today, Republican Congressman Paul Ryan released his update Roadmap for America's Future (and a nifty Website to go with it). Under this...

Today, the Blue Dog coalition released its blueprint for fiscal reform. The group, comprised of moderate and conservative Democrats, has long been...

The nation's soaring federal debt can no longer be ignored and Congress and the president must develop comprehensive plans to avoid a looming fiscal...

The House voted Wednesday to sustain President Obama's veto of a Continuing Resolution to keep the government funded. Huh? Confused? Why wasn't this...