US Budget Watch 2016

During the second presidential debate on October 9, Donald Trump said in response to a question about the Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare"), "It’s...

During the third presidential debate on October 19, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said about Hillary Clinton's tax plan, "Her plan is...

Maya MacGuineas, president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt, analyzed the vice...

Some commentators have made the argument that our nation’s fiscal challenges are not particularly large. So what is the fiscal state of play...

In addition to a statement about his tax cut during the first presidential debate in late September, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said...

Our recent report Promises and Price Tags: A Preliminary Update estimated that both major party presidential candidates' proposals would add to the...

We hosted a lunch conversation with economic advisors from the presidential campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. The event "How Would...

Last week, we estimated that Donald Trump's policies would increase ten-year deficits by $5.3 trillion, resulting in debt held by the public reaching...

For more than a year, our Fiscal FactCheck project has been honing our expertise in budget, tax, health, and spending policy to evaluate the...

During the first Presidential debate on September 26, Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump said "my tax cut is the biggest since Ronald...

In recent weeks, Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has proposed a series of new tax breaks for small businesses and for parents in...