Update: Two days later, the Senate Finance Committee amended the legislation to extend nearly all of the provisions that had been allowed to expire...

This morning, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan released his FY 2015 budget proposal, "The Path to Prosperity." The budget reaches balance in...

With the medium-term economic and budget outlook weaker than last year, House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan's (R-WI) goal of reaching a balanced budget by...

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) released his FY 2015 budget today, outlining a series of changes that promise to reduce the debt as a...

Last week, we made the case that an expired provision known as bonus depreciation be treated separately from the other tax extenders, both because it...

In a letter to the Ways & Means Committee, CRFB President Maya MacGuineas states that Chairman Dave Camp's tax reform draft made the right choices in...

The Senate voted 64-35 today to approve a 12-month temporary “ doc fix” to push back the impending nearly 25 percent cut to Medicare physician...

A recent Department of Defense white paper takes a close look at what reforms to the military retirement system might look like, even though the...

Senate Budget Committee Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) introduced legislation yesterday to cut taxes for low- and middle-income workers in a few different...

Congress is considering another 12-month doc fix, averting a 24 percent cut in Medicare physician payments scheduled for April 1. While the SGR patch...

(Updated to incorporate new information from the Congressional Budget Office's score of the doc fix bill) In lieu of a permanent agreement and with...