Latest
-
Jim Kolbe and Charlie Stenholm: Congress Can't Dodge Social Security Disability Insurance Trust Fund's Approaching Insolvency
Read moreJim Kolbe and Charlie Stenholm are former members of Congress and members of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. Jim Kolbe (R-AZ) served...
-
Joyce Reflects on CBO at 40
Read moreNext Tuesday will be the 40th anniversary of the beginning of the Congressional Budget Office, and University of Maryland Professor Phillip Joyce has...
-
Not Living Up to Potential: CBO Sheds Light On Its Economic Projections
Read moreAs we've mentioned frequently, budget projections and economic forecasts are inextricably linked in determining both the nominal dollar budget numbers...
-
Evaluating The Cost of Climate Change
Read moreWe've written extensively about the President's budget since it was released, both in our analysis of the budget and in our blog series. Also notable...
-
The President’s Social Security Proposals
Read moreThe President proposed last week, through his FY 2016 budget, a number of proposals to reform Social Security in small ways, including measures to...
-
Heritage Offers Package of SGR Offsets
Read moreIn two months, lawmakers will encounter their third Fiscal Speed Bump of 2015 when the "doc fix" expires, leading to a 21 percent cut in Medicare...
-
House Considers $320 Billion of Tax Cuts
Read moreThe House of Representatives is considering this week whether to revive several tax breaks known as the "tax extenders" and add their cost to the...
-
President's Budget Proposes to Completely Wind Down War Spending
Read morePresident Obama sent a letter to Congress yesterday asking for a formal three-year authorization for a campaign against ISIS. At the same time, though...
-
The President's Budget in 8 Charts (FY2016 Edition)
Read moreIn addition to a paper and blog series on the President's budget, CRFB has created a number of tables, graphs, and charts focused on specific aspects...
-
Chartbook: The President's FY 2016 Budget
Read moreFor an annotated version of these charts, see our blog post "The President's Budget in 8 Charts (FY2016 Edition)"
-
Erskine Bowles: The Risks of Delaying Fiscal Reforms
Read moreErskine Bowles is a former co-chair of the Simpson-Bowles Fiscal Commission and a member of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He wrote a...
-
Heritage Foundation Publishes Budget Book of Proposed Spending Cuts
Read moreLast week, the Heritage Foundation released the Budget Book, a catalog of 106 ways to cut the budget or reduce the size of government totaling roughly...