Papers
View our recurring reports, which summarize and analyze the most important regular federal budget releases and reports.
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...
Op-Ed: A Way Out Possible
The Hill | October 9, 2013 We are on a collision course with financial calamity. A first-time-ever failure to extend the federal debt limit would lead...
Op-Ed: We Already Knew the Real Solutions
New York Times | October 9, 2013 As we enter the second week of the government shutdown, one area of government waste has been clearly exposed: the...
Op-Ed: If Congress Won't Lead, Others Must
Star Tribune | October 5, 2013 Here we are again, watching as our national leaders engage in another fiscal fistfight. Partisan rancor, sadly, is now...
Op-Ed: American Nightmare
Public Finance International | October 1, 2013 The US government, and large parts of American society, have strayed from the principles and values on...
Op-Ed: Weak Leaders Fumble the Public Purse
Washington Times | September 23, 2013 The past decade has been a disaster when it comes to fiscal stewardship and political leadership. Our official...