Papers
View our recurring reports, which summarize and analyze the most important regular federal budget releases and reports.
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Op-Ed: President's Budget Is a Start, at Least
AOL News | Feb. 1, 2010 The president's budget elevates the issue of fiscal responsibility (good), but fails to achieve it (not good). President Obama...
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Op-Ed: Obama's Freeze Is a Good First Step
CNN | Jan. 27, 2010 When the president unveils his 2011 budget next week, he will propose capping "non-security" discretionary spending at its current...
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CRFB Analysis of CBO’s January 2010 Baseline
From CBO's January 2010 Budget and Economic Outlook, baseline estimates now show that public debt will increase from 53 percent of GDP in 2009 to 67...
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Controlling Discretionary Spending
Over the past decade, discretionary spending has grown faster than mandatory. Between 1999 and 2008 discretionary spending grew annually, on average...
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Red Ink Rising
In Red Ink Rising: A Call to Action to Stem the Mounting Federal Debt, The Peterson-Pew Commission on Budget Reform calls on policy makers to...
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Budget Blueprint: Paths to 60 Percent
In Red Ink Rising: A Call to Action to Stem the Mounting Federal Debt, The Peterson-Pew Commission on Budget Reform calls on policy makers to...
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Op-Ed: Congress' Bad Record of Passing Appropriations Bills Shows Need for Budget Process Reform
The Hill | Dec. 10, 2009 In the next few days, the House and Senate will engage in their usual end-of-year dance and vote on two massive omnibus...
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Five Steps to Cut the National Debt
Sphere | Dec. 10, 2009 Earlier this week, lawmakers confirmed that they will increase the national debt ceiling by as much as $1.8 trillion – raising...