Papers
View our recurring reports, which summarize and analyze the most important regular federal budget releases and reports.
Report: Analysis of the 2015 Social Security Trustees' Report
Today, the Social Security and Medicare Trustees released their annual reports on the financial health of the programs. Although these projections...
The Better Budget Process Initiative: Strengthening Statutory Budget Enforcement
For additional budget process resources including specific options for reform, visit our Better Budget Process Initiative home page.
Avoiding Budget Gimmicks Chartbook: 2015
For additional budget process resources including specific options for reform, visit our Better Budget Process Initiative home page. A previous...
Op-Ed: Paving the Way for Sustainable Highway Financing
RealClearPolicy | May 21, 2015 Congress faces yet another deadline, and yet again is set to stall. This time, there literally could be a bumpy road...
The Road to Sustainable Highway Spending
The current legislation authorizing highway and mass transit spending is scheduled to expire at the end of May, and only a few months later the...
Updated Appropriations 101
Note: We have updated this paper, please see the latest Appropriations 101. What are appropriations? Appropriations are annual decisions made by...
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