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

The budget conference committee will begin to meet in full shortly, when the conferees will begin to look for a compromise between the Senate and...

It is difficult to believe that nearly two weeks ago, our country was on the brink of default, the shutdown dragged on, and lawmakers seemed unable to...

Yesterday, CRFB board member and former Senate Budget Committee argued in the Washington Post that ultimately, additional revenue through...

The shutdown may be over and fears of a default adverted for now, but the reality remains that we still haven't made any progress on our debt problem...

In yesterday's New York Times, the paper asks in its " Room for Debate" series what federal spending we are better off without in light of the...

The government is still shut down, and the debt ceiling is looming around the corner. Markets are beginning to worry, and the country is facing its...

As we draw ever nearer to the projected deadline for hitting the debt ceiling, Congress still has not been able to make a deal. Today, CRFB board...

In an op-ed in the Cleveland Plain Dealer yesterday, former Senator George Voinovich (R-OH) criticized the current Congress not just for the ongoing...

On Day 7 of the government shutdown, it is not surprising that we are talking about a "leadership deficit" as much as the federal deficit. While there...

Former Comptroller General and CRFB Board Member David Walker writes in Public Finance International that the struggles in Detroit are a symbol of...

It's the first week of fall, and that means the end of the fiscal year is drawing to a close. Unfortunately, we still do not have a bill funding the...