Today, the Congressional Budget Office released a report detailing the projected economic effects of repealing the sequester starting August 1. The...

Readers of The Bottom Line know that we talk frequently on the subject of tax expenditures, the deductions, credits, and other tax preferences which...

Is Social Security a distributionally regressive system overall? Some people may have this conception due to a few features of the program: higher...

In the midst of our slow economic recovery, both the public and our Congressional leaders alike can too easily narrow their field of vision to solely...

Senators John Thune (R-SD), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Rob Portman (R-OH), and Chris Coons (D-DE) have introduced the Intergenerational Financial Obligations...

A recent New York Times editorial gets it wrong by opposing a bipartisan student loan deal that would lower interest rates for all new students today...

After releasing a broad physician payment reform draft, the House Energy and Commerce Committee has released a more fleshed out framework to replace...

Heat Is On – The heart of the summer is upon us and Washington is feeling the heat in more than one way. In addition to record temperatures...

Today, the Campaign to Fix the Debt released a memo making the case for the “ blank slate” approach to tax reform proposed by Senate Finance Chairman...

Today, Fiscal Commission co-chairs and CRFB board members Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson published an op-ed in Politico reiterating their support for...