UPDATE 3/1: House passes two-week CR by vote of 335-91. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) says that the bill will be taken up in the Senate and...

This week, our Spotlight on the States series heads down south to beautiful and sunny Florida, a state that has faced its share of budget woes. The...

Shutting Down Versus Sitting Down – Congress returns to Washington this week after lawmakers spent last week back home. Just before leaving town the...

On Friday, a panel discussion between Democratic and Republican staff directors of the House Budget Committee and CRFB president Maya MacGuineas...

As the impacts of the economic recession continue to fade, serious debate on the direction of fiscal policy is finally beginning with very different...

So you (and we) don’t have to, Jason likes to spend his time looking into arcane federal education budget issues. In this case he’s writing about a...

Every year, the President’s budget proposal includes a list of potential discretionary program cuts. These programs are those identified by the...

After four marathon sessions and hundreds of amendments the House of Representatives approved of legislation, H.R. 1, which will cut spending in the...

In our continued analysis of the President’s budget, we now move to a detailed examination of what the budget, if enacted entirely and without future...

In a recent article, the Washington Post reported that federal, local, and state debt levels -- including the intergovernmental debt the government...

Day of Leaders – Today we celebrate great American leaders with mattress sales and a day off (for some) from work. Congress left town for the whole...