The Tricks and Treats in the Budget Deal
With the Senate passing the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 in the wee hours of the morning the bill now heads to the President's desk for signat
Bipartisan Budget Act
Social Security Changes in the Budget Deal
The recently-introduced Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 tackles a laundry list of items that lawmakers needed to address over this Congress, including...
Budget Deal Truly Offsets Only Half Its Cost
Lawmakers are currently considering a budget deal that would increase appropriated spending, suspend the debt limit until March 2017, reallocate...
Understanding the Defense Retirement Reforms in the Bipartisan Budget Act
As CRFB has explained in a recent analysis, the Bipartisan B
How the Bipartisan Budget Act Improves the Long Term
As we've said before, paying for temporary costs with sa
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly in the Bipartisan Budget Act
On Wednesday, we published an analysis of the Bipartisan Budget A
Spending Agreement "Splits the Difference" for 2014
On Tuesday, Sen. Patty Murray and Rep.
Diving Deeper Into the Budget Conference Agreement
With the details on the agreement reached by Budget Committee chairs Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Patty Murray (D-WA) made fully available yesterday, CRFB...
Updated: Summarizing the Ryan-Murray Deal
Update: See our full analysis of the deal here