Opportunities for Bipartisanship in a Divided Government
In 2021, the United States is likely to operate with divided or near-divided government.
Bipartisan Path Forward
Congress Can Pass Bills to Reduce the Deficit This Year
House Members appear to be resolving a disagreement over what this year’s discretionary spending cap should be. Some House Republicans have...
Pathway to a Responsible Federal Budget
Today, the independent Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) released a set of principles for the fiscal year 2017 budget resolution cu
Comparing the Major Budgets and Updated Simpson-Bowles
We've already provided topline comparisons of the budget metrics in the FY 2016 Congressional budgets and the President's budget, showing...
No, the New Simpson-Bowles Plan Does Not Call for More Austerity Than the Old One
We have already responded twice to a wrong-headed
The Re-Estimated Bipartisan Path Forward
The CBO has now spoken on how the President's budget would affect the
A Roundup of Our Analysis on the Bipartisan Path Forward
Over the last two weeks, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget has been
User Fees in the Bipartisan Path Forward
Among the many proposals in Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles's new plan, “
Education Reforms in A Bipartisan Path Forward
Although most discussion of Erskine Bowles' and Al Simpson's
Discretionary Savings in the Bipartisan Path Forward
Over the past few years, lawmakers have made the most progress in discretionary spending in the deficit reduction effort.