Shutdown Smackdown – The shutdown ended and a default was averted last week, but the fallout continues as voters express their displeasure with...

The first official meeting of the conference committee is expected to occur sometime next week, at which point the conferees will begin attempting to...

Yesterday, the Campaign to Fix the Debt unveiled its Citizens' Plan for lawmakers to consider over these next two months of budgetary debates...

The Campaign to Fix the Debt has recently released the results of a new national telephone poll that found broad support for a comprehensive deficit...

On this day 27 years ago, President Ronald Reagan signed into the law the Tax Reform Act of 1986, which stands as the last major overhaul of the US...

As the dust begins to clear from this month's political battle over the debt ceiling and government shutdown, there have many reports of businesses...

Now that the government shutdown and debt default threat are in the rearview mirror (for now), analysts have been taking time to survey the economic...

The shutdown may be over and fears of a default adverted for now, but the reality remains that we still haven't made any progress on our debt problem...

Recent reports have suggested the new budget conference committee may focus its attention of a deal to replace sequestration. A recent paper from the...

With President Obama's signature on Thursday morning, the nation went from the brink of default to having a least a little elbow room on the debt...

Yesterday, former Defense Secretary and CRFB board member Leon Panetta headlined a press conference at the National Press Club on the need for our...