Sequester Week – It’s all about sequestration this week as the March 1 deadline for the $85 billion in across-the-board cuts looms ( read all about...

One of the lesser known provisions of the American Taxpayer Relief Act is the extension of the refundable American Opportunity Tax Credit (AOTC)...

Most everyone – from President Obama, Speaker Boehner, and lawmakers from both sides of the aisle, to renowned economists – agrees that allowing...

There has been a lot of talk about the sequester in recent weeks as the latest in a long line of fiscal stand-offs ensues in Washington. In FY 2013...

Today, the Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution will be kicking off its " 15 Ways to Rethink the Federal Budget" project with an event on two...

On Tuesday, former Fiscal Commission co-chairs Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson released a framework that calls for an additional $2.4 trillion in...

Yesterday, Urban Institute Fellow and CRFB Board Member Gene Steuerle tied the ability of federal and state governments to control health care costs...

Yesterday, we highlighted the consensus between economists and leaders in both parties on the need to replace the sequester. Today, a USA Today poll...

With the March 1 deadline of sequestration only nine days away, lawmakers should work toward developing a plan that would replace the across-the-board...

Responding to a U.S. News and World Report "Debate Club" question on the new framework from former Fiscal Commission co-chairs Alan Simpson and...