Lawmakers should ensure that any extension of the enhanced ACA subsidies is not only fully paid for, but also reduces ...

Updated projections from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) show that tariffs enacted this year will reduce debt ...

But earlier this year, the Social Security trustees issued a dire wake-up call: they project that the trust fund that allows the program to currently pay full promised benefits will be exhausted in ...

In this piece, we show that over 75 years, borrowing to fund Social Security could: Add over $150 trillion to the debt when adjusted for inflation, or over $700 trillion nominally Boost debt by over ...

The next few years will include several predictable fiscal policy deadlines, as various policies take effect, expire, or change. Many of the deadlines could bring additional costs if Congress acts ...

The federal government shut down at midnight on October 1. Below are resources to learn what you need to know about shutdowns and the appropriations process. Many of the resources below are updated ...

The House is preparing to vote on a Continuing Resolution-Minibus appropriations bill which passed the Senate on Monday.

The national debt is on course to reach a record share of the economy under the next presidential administration, due in part to policies approved by Presidents Trump and Biden during their time in ...

Social Security is rapidly approaching insolvency. The retirement trust fund is seven years from exhaustion, and the theoretically combined trust funds are nine years from running out. Without ...

Given the short timeline to address the looming insolvency of Social Security – and Medicare Hospital Insurance (addressed in a companion paper) – policymakers should take any opportunity to enact ...