Other Spending

While most of the country is focused on the fiscal cliff, The New York Times is reporting on another cliff, this one involving the farm bill. Unlike...

One option on the table that has great potential to be included in a final deal is the chained CPI. As we explain in our updated paper on the chained...

Some commentators have advocated for a position of going over the fiscal cliff to leverage a better compromise. Paul Krugman called for the recently...

In a recent blog post, Jason Delisle and Alex Holt, colleagues at the New America's Foundation Education Budget Project, argue for the elimination of...

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) is known for going after government inefficiencies, whether it's lauching the GAO's comprehensive review of federal agencies...

A new report by CRFB and Moment of Truth Project consultant Paul Weinstein provides some guidance on how we could handle both our infrastructure...

Last week, a letter from six organizations--the AARP, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American College of Physicians, the American...

First off, CRFB would like to congratulate President Obama and all of those who were elected and re-elected to the Senate and the House. CRFB is...

The Hill reports that some lawmakers are supporting a supplemental bill to deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-PA)...

As the East Coast and other communities affected by superstorm Sandy begin the work of rebuilding and assisting those who need help, the CRFB and Fix...

Tonight is the last presidential debate with questions focused on foreign policy, but it would be a mistake to forget about debt. Our foreign policy...

Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) yesterday released his " Wastebook" for 2012, a laundry list of government waste and inefficiency. Coburn finds 100 examples...