With the fiscal cliff approaching and no solution yet emerging, former Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH) has an interesting idea: bring back the Fiscal...

The House Republican budget resolution included reconciliation instructions to six committees to find $261 billion in savings over ten years intended...

Matt Miller and Ezra Klein wrote op-eds on Wednesday with a very similar message: neither party is doing themselves or the country any favor with...

Charles Blahous's paper on the Affordable Care Act has sparked a lot of buzz, leading to some discussion about "double-counting" the Medicare savings...

Our recent paper on the fiscal cliff details the short-term or longer-term economic problems that the country will face if lawmakers either allow...

Congressional Quarterly's John Cranford has a nice profile of CRFB's " Stabilize the Debt" budget simulator. If you have not done so already, it is...

With the "Buffett Rule" set to get a vote in the Senate next week, we felt it was a good time to take a more in-depth look at the proposed policy --...

Tax Policy Center president Donald Marron has a brief in Tax Notes that shows that spending on tax expenditures are higher than the commonly reported...

What the Bunny Left Behind – We’ve given up on giving things up for Lent, Passover will be passing, and the Easter Bunny has hopped into the pastel...

In the latest post in his ongoing "The Government We Deserve" series, CRFB board member Eugene Steuerle stated that regardless of how the Supreme...

Update: Charles Blahous has posted a response to his critics here . Charles Blahous, a Social Security and Medicare Trustee, has released a new report...