Ever since Scott Brown's victory in Massachusetts, there has been a lot of talk about Democrats using budget reconciliation to pass a comprehensive...

Yesterday, the White House released its version of a health care reform bill to restart the debate on how to reform the country's health care system.

The United States is not the first nation to face tough fiscal challenges. Other countries have faced similar fiscal challenges – and gotten out of...

In the table below, CRFB has expanded on a table put together by Think Progress' Wonk Room, comparing select components of the President's proposal to...

Earlier today, Senators Judd Gregg (R-NH), and Ron Wyden (D-OR) released what they call A Bipartisan Plan for Tax Fairness. Read the press release...

Rescuing us from the disaster that is the U.S. tax code while reducing the federal debt will require nothing short of a superhuman feat; Senators Ron...

On Friday evening, the FDIC reported that it has taken over an additional four banks ( La Jolla Bank, George Washington Savings Bank, The La Coste...

Update: The Wonk Room has put together a short table comparing the President's plan to the House and Senate bills. Check it out below. Here it is. At...

Here are the highlights from this weekend’s editorials on fiscal and budget policy: The New York Times argued that the temporarily higher federal...

Commission Commencement – President Obama signed Thursday the Executive Order officially creating the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and...

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