Policy Briefs
Analysis of Selected Provisions in Hurricane Sandy Emergency Spending Proposals
December 17, 2012
Reports & Data
Subsidizing Oil Shale: Tracing Federal Support for Oil Shale Development in the United States
November 29, 2012
Budgeting on Reality
September 29, 2011 |
As millions of Americans do every year, Congress should jot down some New Year’s resolutions. But instead of waiting until January, these... 
Guaranteed Loss
September 21, 2011 |
You may have heard about Solyndra. The first casualty, but certainly not the last, for the embattled Department of Energy (DOE) Loan...
Matrix Budget Scoring
September 15, 2011 |
In The Matrix, Morpheus could have been describing the government’s budgeting rules: “some of them can be bent, others can be broken.”...
W(h)ither Appropriations
September 08, 2011 |
Lawmakers of all political stripes are fond of reminding everyone in earshot that the Constitution gives them the power of the purse....
Disasters in the Budget
September 01, 2011 |
As the Northeast dries out from Hurricane Irene, it is sobering to think that this likely multi-billion dollar storm that rode the east...
Run with the Scissors
August 25, 2011 |
It’s past time to get out the scissors. This week the latest deficit projections emerged, forecasting a $1.3 trillion federal deficit...
A Helping Hand
August 18, 2011 |
Incapable of producing a grand compromise to rein in our burgeoning debt, Congress has punted that responsibility to a bi-partisan "Super...
Failure Is Not an Option
August 11, 2011 |
Others have already pointed out the obvious: the newly appointed ‘Super Committee’ is nowhere close to the first committee or commission...
Mailing It In
August 03, 2011 |
It’s down to the wire. Weeks of debate, marathon meetings at the White House, and hundreds of press conferences have all led to this. The...
Just Do It
July 28, 2011 |
The competing debt ceiling plans from House and Senate leaders have several things in common. Obviously increasing the debt limit, but...
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