We have already shown how both federal health care spending and revenue projections have been revised downward by $900 billion and $4.2 trillion...

We have always have been proponents of paying for the costs of policies such as the tax extenders and doc fixes, since doing so would make a...

Medicare spending has grown remarkably slowly so far this year, according to the often-overlooked Monthly Budget Reviews from the Congressional Budget...

As we explained last week, health care spending is growing more slowly, which is great news for the federal budget. Spending has been revised downward...

Maya MacGuineas, President of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, wrote a commentary that appeared in the Wall Street Journal Washington...

The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing May 6th titled, “ New Routes for Funding and Financing Highways and Transit.” During the hearing Senators...

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released the spring update to its long-term federal budget simulation series. In their report, GAO...

Today, Wonkblog published a “ Know More” feature arguing that “You Should Tune Out Politicians Who Are Still Talking about Government Debt.” As...

The Pentagon's budget faces serious constraints this year as a result of budget caps agreed to last year and rising personnel, healthcare, and...

The recent slowdown in federal health care spending has certainly been good news for the budget, knocking hundreds of billions of dollars off...

The White House issued a Statement of Administration Policy (SAP) yesterday in opposition to the extension and expansion of the Research &...

With April's updated projections from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), spending on major federal health care programs (Medicare, Medicaid, and...