In October, the National Academy for Social Insurance published a study on Americans' preferred solution to making Social Security solvent. CRFB...

Recent press articles report that policymakers are negotiating a deal to accompany a temporary restoration of most of the 55 expired tax extenders...

According to the latest CBO Budget Options report, adopting the chained CPI – an inflation index that most economists believe is a more accurate...

Alice Rivlin is a former Director of the Congressional Budget Office and Office of Management and Budget. She has served as a member of the National...

With the national debt at record highs and projected to increase, lawmakers need to find ways to reduce the long-term budget deficit. Fortunately, CBO...

CQ is reporting (subscription required) that the main obstacle to the defense appropriations authorization, which must be addressed during the lame...

Policymakers are considering using the lame duck session to substantially worsen the nation's budget. A commonly discussed package would add...

Congress and the President need to prep for some important upcoming fiscal moments, and CRFB has a plan to help them do just that. The Paying for...

Following a final rule issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), CBO has updated its estimate of various "doc fix" policies to...

The CBO has updated its data on the distribution of income and taxes. This analysis contains a wealth of data detailing changes in household income...

Henry Aaron – Chair of the Social Security Advisory Board and a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution – recently weighed in on the Social...