Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

Budget Projections

CRFB Comments on the CBO Outlook

CRFB's newest paper dives into the set of projections underlying

CBO's Long Term Outlook Has Arrived

The much-anticipated CBO Long-Term Budget Outlook has been released this morning, projecting wha
President Obama

Fiscal Fact Checker: How Much Has Spending Increased Under President Obama?

Update: The text has been updated to include spending growth numbers for President Bush excluding financial rescue programs.
May 24, 2012 | Blog Paper Press Release

USA Today Accounts for Unfunded Liabilities

The USA Today has an interesting arti

A Lively Debate on the Affordable Care Act

Yesterday, Medicare trustee Charles Blahous and former chief economist for Vice President Biden Jared Bernstein had a debate about the fiscal conse
Apr 16, 2012 | Blog Paper Press Release | Taxes

Are We In For a (Tax) Cliff Hanger?

In honor of Tax Day on Tuesday, we will be doing blogs this week about the current shape of the tax code and what can be done to fix it.

At Halftime, The Score is 829 to 777

CBO's latest Monthly Budget Review for March gives us a loo
Apr 2, 2012 | Blog Paper Press Release

GAO's Long Term Outlook

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released its Long Term Outlook for the federal bu

The Ryan Budget in the Long Term

According to CBO’s report on the budget ta

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