Other Spending

Some policymakers and commentators have conflated calls for deficit reduction with calls for austerity. It is true that some countries have enacted...

We commended the Senate last week for seeking a long-term solution to the highway funding shortfall and for funding its proposal with real offsets...

Before Congress leaves for August, they must pass a transportation bill extending highway programs and transferring additional money into the Highway...

The Senate is discussing a bill that would reauthorize highway programs for six years and provide $47.6 billion of funding to cover the Highway Trust...

Reps. Ron Kind (D-WI), Reid Ribble (R-WI), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and Pat Tiberi (R-OH) introduced a bipartisan bill (H.R. 3077, the Giveback Deficit...

As we move past the midpoint of 2015, several fiscal deadlines are fast approaching. Congress is preparing to act on two important Fiscal Speed Bumps...

Here at CRFB we spend a lot of time reviewing responsible options to offset the cost of new bills and have provided many to lawmakers. So when current...

Here is a link to the Appropriations Watch for FY 2020. Last updated 12/9/15. Lawmakers passed a continuing resolution funding the government through...

Three weeks from the deadline to deal with highway funding, a new report commissioned by the McGraw Hill Financial Global Institute gives Congress...

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released new estimates of the cost of climate change, specifically as it relates to hurricanes. The report...