Madness in Washington – The down-to-the-wire finishes, Hail Marys and upsets in DC weren’t confined to the Verizon Center. Capitol Hill is...

Today, a bipartisan group of 64 Senators sent a letter to President Obama urging him to show leadership on reducing the federal deficit and to take a...

Rep. Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rep. Cory Gardner (R-CO) have introduced bipartisan legislation that would force Congress to hold an up-or-down vote on...

CBO has just released their preliminary analysis of the President's Budget. Be sure to check back to CRFB and The Bottom Line soon for more analysis...

This article was originally published by TIME Magazine. It's rare that those of us concerned about the nation's fiscal course come bearing good news...

Meet Keisha, the 6-year-old fictional member of the Gen-Web generation “profiled” in our "Meet the Generations" series, based on CRFB's "America's...

Yesterday, a group of 23 Republican Senators sent a letter to President Obama stating that any further increases in the debt limit should be...

U.S. Interest Rates: What is "Normal"? Throughout the week, worried investors once again turned to U.S. Treasury instruments as safe haven investments...

Yesterday Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) introduced a proposal to raise federal taxes for very high-earners - The Fairness in Taxation Act. The proposed...