Papers
View our recurring reports, which summarize and analyze the most important regular federal budget releases and reports.
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Op-Ed: Don't Give Up on Grand Bargain on Debt
CNN | July 15, 2011 Maybe the cynics are right. Maybe it will prove too heavy a lift to use the occasion of the debt ceiling increase to put in place...
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Op-Ed: Go Big on the Debt Ceiling
CNN Money | July 9, 2011 So President Obama has reportedly given congressional leaders a menu of options in the debt ceiling talks: a small, temporary...
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Op-Ed: If Washington Worked, Here's How We'd Fix the Budget
The Atlantic | July 6, 2011 Seven months after the president's deficit commission released its report, Washington is embroiled in a self-destructive...
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Budget Path: How Feds Can Avert the Fiscal Crisis
The Public Manager | June 24, 2011 In the wake of the recent financial meltdown from which we are still recovering, the United States faces the...
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Event Recap: 2011 CRFB Annual Conference and Dinner
On June 14, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget held its 2011 Annual Conference and Dinner on Capitol Hill. This year’s roundtable...
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Averting a Fiscal Crisis
CRFB has compiled a brief background on the scope of our nation's fiscal challenges and the drivers of our debt and deficits, while outlining some of...