The New York Times is reporting that the Treasury Department will sell its remaining shares in General Motors, bringing to an end its five-year...

Our paper released yesterday detailed how our long term debt problems are far from solved, making clear the unsustainability of federal debt over the...

This week, Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) is moving forward with tax reform, releasing three discussion drafts. Yesterday, he released a...

Given the nature of debt ceiling politics lately, estimating when the federal government will start defaulting on obligations has become a common...

Today, CRFB has released a new paper, Our Long-Term Debt Problems Are Very Far from Solved, which shows while recent improvements may have benefited...

This week, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) is moving ahead with tax reform, starting with the release of discussion drafts on...

Historic Moment – On this day 150 years ago, President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address dedicating the new national cemetery at the...

The year is rapidly coming to a close, with only 11 days left that the House plans to be in session. Before the year's end, Congress is supposed to...

Though the government shutdown ended a little over a month ago, its effects still linger on. In an editorial published today in The Hill, former...

As the conferees met yesterday, any doubt that we can afford to wait on the long-term debt problem should have quickly been erased after CBO Director...