Papers
View our recurring reports, which summarize and analyze the most important regular federal budget releases and reports.
Tax Day 2015: 10 Charts and 1 Table About Taxes
See some of these charts, with a more detailed explanation, at our blog Tax Day 2015: Charts to Explain Our Tax System
The Better Budget Process Initiative: Improving the Debt Limit
For additional budget process resources including specific options for reform, visit our Better Budget Process Initiative home page.
Report: CBO's Analysis of the President’s FY 2016 Budget
Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its re-estimate of the President’s FY 2016 budget, using its own economic and technical...
Maya MacGuineas' Testimony Before the Senate Budget Committee
Update 3/16/2015: This document was updated to correct several typographical and formatting errors.
The PREP Plan: A Permanent Fix for the Sustainable Growth Rate
On April 1 of this year, physicians face a 21 percent cut to their Medicare payments resulting from the return of the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR)...
Dartmouth Summit: Medicare Slowdown At Risk
Our partners at Fix the Debt co-hosted the Dartmouth Summit to produce recommendations for health care savings. Read the paper below, the two-page...
Chartbook: The President's FY 2016 Budget
For an annotated version of these charts, see our blog post "The President's Budget in 8 Charts (FY2016 Edition)"