Monthly Treasury Statement Shows $1.417 trillion Final Deficit Number for FY 2009
The Monthly Treasury Statement is out, and states that Fiscal Year 2010 is o
Budget Projections
Gaps Return to State Budgets
In a recent report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), mid-year budget sh
A Scary Thought
The federal debt held by the public, today, is almost $7.5 trillion
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...
Healthcare Savings Likely to be Eclipsed by Stimulus Extensions
Forbes had a piece Monday
Weekend Editorial Roundup
Here are the highlights from this weekend’s editorials on fiscal and budget policy:
Cost of the Finance Committee Health Care Bill
Today the Congressional Budget released their analysis of the amended version of the America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009, the health care...
Social Security Beneficiaries Rise by 19%
According to Bloomberg News, the number of Social Security beneficia
CRFB Co-Chair Bill Frenzel to Speak at Brookings
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget co-chair Bill Frenzel is speaking about the budget deficit at The Brookings Institution
tomorrow. Frenzel...