Freezing Discretionary Spending...
UPDATE: Stan Collender thinks we might be making ice mountains out of snow hills.According to a number of news reports, President Obama has begun...
Budget Process and Rules
Stop Us Before We Spend Again
President of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, Maya MacGuineas, testified before the Senate Budget Committee on proposals to form a...
CBO Delivers Cost Estimate for Physician Payment Updates
Yesterday the CBO delivered a cost estimate for instituting permanent Medicare physician payment updates by repealing the sustainable growth...
Congress Debates Medicare Payment Patches
Update: Debate on this issue got pushed back until today in the Senate. CRFB recently released this press release on the issue: Don't Let...
Weekend Editorial Roundup
Here are the highlights from this weekend’s editorials on fiscal and budget policy:
Peterson-Pew Commission Policy Paper on Budget Reform Proposals
Today, the Peterson-Pew Commission on Budget Reform issued its first policy paper, “A Closer Look at the President’s FY 2010 Budget...
Peterson-Pew Commission Event on Budget Reform
Tomorrow, on September 16th, the Peterson-Pew Commission on Budget Reform will host an event --
Selective Triggering
We think triggers can be helpful in budgeting, by providing a back-up plan for when estimates prove wrong or conditions change, and by helping...
Trigger Happy
REVISED: Today, CRFB issued a press release commenting
Another $95 Billion of Budgeting Through Footnotes
Last week, we wrote about $85 billion worth of stimulus tax cuts which the Obama administration assumed as permanant in their baseline so that they...