Papers
View our recurring reports, which summarize and analyze the most important regular federal budget releases and reports.
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...
Op-Ed: Reason to Hope for Fiscal Sanity
The Hill | September 17, 2013 For more than a decade, I have dedicated myself to sounding the alarm about our government’s fiscal mismanagement and...
Op-Ed: Government Shutdown? A Leap of Trust Can Seal a Budget Deal
Christian Science Monitor | September 16, 2012 Budget talk in Washington is again dominated by nonnegotiable demands and a potential government...
Op-Ed: Nation Does Not Need Another Government Shutdown
The Hill | September 6, 2013 The last real government shutdowns occurred in the winter of 1995. Two funding gaps that winter resulted in a total of 26...