Papers
View our recurring reports, which summarize and analyze the most important regular federal budget releases and reports.
Op-Ed: Which Corporate Taxation for America?
Project Syndicate | December 2, 2013 Corporate tax reform is one of the few issues that garner bipartisan support in a deeply divided US Congress. The...
Op-Ed: Yes, There's Hope for a Big Budget Deal
U.S. News and World Report | November 25, 2013 Conventional wisdom about the outcome of the Budget Conference Committee – co-chaired by House Budget...
Op-Ed: With Order Restored, Let’s Act
The Hill | November 11, 2013 For the past three years, Congress has been stuck in a partisan stalemate that has threatened fiscal confidence and...
Op-Ed: Stop the Madness, Start Discussing Long-Term Solutions to Debt Issues
The Hill | October 29, 2013 The recent budget showdown was both completely predictable and totally avoidable, as was the resulting damage to our...
The Budget Crisis Is Over (Temporarily), But Another Is Coming Soon
Forbes | October 25, 2013 Each house passed a budget for FY 2014. Those budgets were miles apart but neither house showed any interest in negotiating...
Op-Ed: A Fair Trade for Entitlement Reform Includes Increased Revenue
The Washington Post | October 25, 2013 The Post’s Oct. 20 editorial on the budget challenge [ “A fiscal quid pro quo”] made important points but was...
Q&A: Everything You Need to Know About a Budget Conference
This year, Congress made it a priority to pass a concurrent budget resolution. Both the House of Representatives and Senate passed their own budget...
Op-Ed: Hey Congress: Use This Moment
zpolitics | October 17, 2013 As we finally emerge from what was simply the most recent in a long series of short-term fiscal crises, it is abundantly...
Op-Ed: Don’t Believe Myth That Debt Problem is a Myth
The Weekly Wonk | October 10, 2013 Last week, the government of the richest and most powerful nation in the world shut off its lights and closed its...