Congressional Budget Office Archives

The measure would phase out Fannie and Freddie and replace them with a private insurance system with a government backstop. (iStock)

Economy

Senate bill to end Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac would save $60 billion

Joseph Lawler -

September 5, 2014 8:21 pm

Just like a heart patient straying from his diet as time passes after his heart attack, the political class has collectively decided to tune out the federal debt as an issue. (iStock)

Columnists

Ignoring the U.S. debt problem won’t wash it away

Philip Klein -

August 28, 2014 10:47 pm

Updated CBO projections of the US economy predict a future of slower growth and lower productivity. (iStock)

Business

Budget crunchers now expect a permanently weaker economy

Joseph Lawler -

August 28, 2014 9:00 am

Deficits will continue to shrink next year, according to the CBO, lowering the federal debt. (iStock Photo)

Economy

National debt has doubled since financial crisis: budget office

Joseph Lawler -

August 27, 2014 2:09 pm

Spending on the welfare state is sending the economy down the drain. (iStock)

Columnists

America’s question: Cut or crash?

Terence Jeffrey -

August 14, 2014 2:51 pm

Only about 31,000 people left the disability rolls to return to work in 2012, according to Social Security Administration data. (iStock Photo)

Columnists

Let low-income Americans opt out of Social Security

Star Parker -

July 26, 2014 10:00 am

Columnists

Another warning that a national debt crisis is looming

Philip Klein -

July 17, 2014 9:04 pm

Economy

Heard This One Before?

Geoffrey Norman -

July 16, 2014 3:34 pm

Copies of President Obama's proposed fiscal 2015 budget set out for distribution on Capitol Hill in March. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Economy

Congressional Budget Office downgrades fiscal outlook, but not because of debt

Joseph Lawler -

July 15, 2014 2:43 pm

Obamacare Misses Its Target on the Uninsured by Half

Jeffrey H. Anderson -

July 15, 2014 1:05 pm

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Senate bill to end Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac would save $60 billion

Ignoring the U.S. debt problem won’t wash it away

Budget crunchers now expect a permanently weaker economy

National debt has doubled since financial crisis: budget office

America’s question: Cut or crash?

Another warning that a national debt crisis is looming

Heard This One Before?

Obamacare Misses Its Target on the Uninsured by Half

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