spending

President Obama's announcement that he'll support so-called "pay as you go" legislation is getting most of the coverage today, but if you care about the federal deficit and national debt,

As the projections for the national debt keep going worse and worse, a lot of people are probably wondering one thing: Can we really get away with this?

A new study shows that the public is capable of facing facts about the nation's fiscal problems – which is a good thing, because they're probably going to have to take a big bite of a reality sandwich in the coming week.

The new edition of the Concord Coalition's Facing Facts Quarterly is out and does a good job of putting all the current Washington budget posturing in perspective.

You can't tell the players without a scorecard, which is why Congressional Quarterly's take on the inside-the-Beltway angles surrounding this week's budget maneuvering is pretty handy.