CRFB board member Gene Steuerle has a piece in the Ripon Forum on the need for deficit reduction and budget process reform. He mentions the new...

Most of the attention in the debate to extend the 2001/2003 tax cuts has centered around the income tax, but a closer inspection of the provisions...

In her latest commentary on CNN Money, CRFB President Maya MacGuineas challenges critics of the Bowles-Simpson deficit reduction plan and offers ideas...

Hip, Hip, Hooray! The Chairmen of the President’s Deficit Reduction Commission finally have shed some light on the kinds of choices that will be...

The New York Times released their own " budget puzzle" over the weekend, allowing users to try to eliminate the primary deficit (the deficit excluding...

We at CRFB have had our morning coffee and are trying to find ways to make the Fiscal Commission’s co-chair proposal better. CRFB president Maya...

Congress returns this week for a lame-duck session during which members will face a huge mess—providing money to keep the lights on in the federal...

Roast (Lame) Duck is Served – The lame duck session of Congress begins today, but it is already being panned as unlikely to be very productive. As we...

Domestic and global financial markets are being driven by major cross-currents once again. On the home front, dust is still settling in the markets...

With the unexpected release of the draft proposal from the co-chairs of the President’s fiscal commission, the naysayers have come out of the woodwork...