Through either legislation or new executive action, we find the incoming Administration and Congress could save up to $1.4 trillion, or up to $830 billion if certain rules are withdrawn and/or the ...

The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget identified $700 billion of offsets ranging from limiting executive spending authority, reducing health care spending, cutting other mandatory spending, ...

The recent release of the final Monthly Treasury Statement from the Treasury Department shows that net interes ...

The gross national debt of the United States reached $36 trillion yesterday, just over three months since the previous milestone was reached at the end of July, according to the U.S. Treasury.

With debt nearing record levels, interest payments surging, and major trust funds approaching insolvency, Congress should avoid worsening our already unsustainable fiscal situation during the ...

With debt nearing record levels, interest payments surging, and major trust funds approaching insolvency, Congress should avoid worsening our already unsustainable fiscal situation during the ...

Marc Goldwin is senior vice president and senior policy director of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He wrote an opinion piece for the Los Angeles Times, an excerpt of which is below.