With so many provisions set to expire at the end of the year, CRFB has released a new paper that details what lawmakers have to extend and how they...

One of the most popular budget gimmicks in Washington right now is the war savings gimmick. Because CBO assumes that discretionary spending grows with...

Today, House Republicans have officially released their plan to extend the current payroll tax holiday for a year, two years of doc fixes, and a year...

As we reported on The Bottom Line the other day, Republican members of the House released a set of 10 pieces of legislation they argue would improve...

This Saturday in Des Moines, Iowa, the Republican presidential candidates will debate for one of the last times before the Iowa caucuses on January 3...

Ever since the three appropriations bills and the temporary continuing resolution (CR) passed Congress last month, lawmakers have refused to consider...

Finding a way to extend the payroll tax cut, along with the many other expiring provisions this year, continues to be a dominating issue for Congress...

Europe's worsening debt crisis--notably Italy's--should serve as a warning to the United States of what can happen to an otherwise steady, solvent...

Breaking from traditional posts in our Spotlight on the States series, this blog focuses not on one state's budget, but on an issue that directly...

Today, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) unveiled another proposal for how to both extend and expand the payroll tax cuts and pay for them...

Bowled Over – The all-knowing BCS computers have chosen LSU and Alabama to contend for the college football championship. Both teams are familiar foes...