Bipartisan Plan Paves Way for Transportation Reform
At the end of May, lawmakers will have to reauthorize surface transportation spending, and by the summer, they will need to have a solution to...
Transportation
Trust Fund Deadlines Are Closing In
In addition to updating budget projections, CBO's baseline also looks at the state of various government trust funds over the next ten years. Two...
Will Falling Gas Prices Lead to a Long-Term Highway Solution?
Interest in increasing the gas tax appears to be heating up as policymakers realize the Highway Trust Fund is running on fumes, and an upcoming...
Jan 9, 2015 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budget Process| Health Care| Social Security| Taxes| Other Spending
Fiscal Speed Bumps Will Keep the New Congress Busy
Although the 114th Congress is just getting settled, it will have to move quickly to address a series of deadlines with serious policy and fiscal...
Top 14 Charts About the Budget in 2014
This year was an eventful one for the federal budget. To explain the year's events, CRFB wrote 427 blogs, 17 papers, and created more than a...
Delaney Combines Tax Reform and Infrastructure...With a Twist
Tax reform has been an increasingly common way to pay for infrastructure spending in recent years. Both President Obama and outgoing House Ways and...
House Should Take Up and Improve Senate Bill
Last night, the Senate passed legislation extending highway funding through December and offsetting the cost with a number of deficit reduction...
The Carper-Corker-Boxer Amendment: A Gimmick-Free Highway Funding Patch
This week, the Senate agreed by unanimous consent to consider the House-passed highway bill, H.R. 5021. The agreement allows for the consideration of...
Jul 23, 2014 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections| Health Care| Social Security| Other Spending
Trust Fund Insolvency Dates Are Approaching Fast
Although most of our analysis of CBO's Long-Term Budget Outlook has focused on debt projections, CBO also makes projections about the solvency of...