The Choices Still to Be Made in the New Debt Deal : Donna Cooper and Seth Hanlon detail what millionaires will gain and what many other Americans will lose if the recent debt deal is concluded without addressing revenues.

Making More, Contributing Less: Seth Hanlon mines IRS data to show how millionaires, entirely spared by this week’s debt limit deal, are also enjoying 26 percent lower tax rates than in 1995.

A Bipartisan Call for “What Works” Budgeting: John Griffith and Jitinder Kohli call on Congress and the White House to jointly support a comprehensive, results-oriented review of the federal budget.

Budget Bullets: Agricultural Subsidies: This is the latest in a weekly series of talking points from CAP’s Doing What Works team showing how we can make smart budget cuts that boost government efficiency—not gut essential services.

Budget Bullets: Education: This is the latest in a weekly series of talking points from CAP’s Doing What Works team showing how we can make smart budget decisions that boost government efficiency and effectiveness.

Budget Bullets: The Tax Gap: This is the latest in a weekly series of talking points from CAP’s Doing What Works team showing how we can make smart budget cuts and targeted investments that boost government efficiency—not gut essential services.

Budget Bullets: Energy : This is the latest in a weekly series of talking points from CAP’s Doing What Works team showing how we can make smart budget cuts and targeted investments that boost government efficiency—not gut essential services.

Budget Bullets: Health Care: The latest in a weekly series from CAP’s Doing What Works team showing how we can make smart budget cuts that boost government efficiency, not gut essential services.

Budget Bullets: Procurement: This is the latest in a weekly series from CAP's Doing What Works team showing how we can make smart budget cuts that boost government efficiency, not gut essential services.

Budget Bullets: Information Technology: This is the latest in a weekly series of talking points from CAP’s Doing What Works team showing how we can make smart budget cuts that boost government efficiency—not gut essential services.

Budget Bullets: Tax Expenditures : This is the latest in a weekly series from CAP’s Doing What Works team showing how we can make smart budget cuts that boost government efficiency—not gut essential services.

Budget Bullets: Defense: The latest in a weekly series of talking points from CAP’s Doing What Works team shows how we can make smart budget cuts that boost government efficiency.

Budget Bullets: CAP’s Doing What Works team launches a weekly series about how to reduce the national deficit while boosting government efficiency.

Good News on Deficit Reduction: Seth Hanlon and Michael Linden are delighted conservatives in Congress may agree that $1 trillion in tax subsidies can be cut to reduce federal spending.

Bad Seeds: Report from Jake Caldwell argues for reform of our direct payment agricultural subsidy programs, which could save $35 billion by 2020.

Bring Back BABs: Report from Jordan Eizenga and Seth Hanlon argues that the Build America Bonds worked and Congress should revive it.

Reconstructing the Muni Market, Starting at Ground Zero: Jordan Eizenga calls on Congress to bring back BABs, a Recovery Act program that expired at the end of 2010.

The Benefits of Build America Bonds: Jordan Eizenga discusses the economic benefits of Build America Bonds.

Infographic: Tax Breaks vs. Budget Cuts: Donna Cooper explains why tax breaks should get just as much scrutiny during the budget process as other items.

Americans Believe in Tax Equity: James Hairston examines myths about American attitudes toward taxes and finds that people want policymakers to take on Bush tax cuts for the wealthy as part of any long-term budget plan.

Deficit Fix Should Focus on Better, Not Smaller Government: Kristina Costa makes the case that as we move from the short-term to long-term debate, both sides should focus on finding ways to improve essential government services, not eviscerate them.

Rep. Ryan’s Proposed Infrastructure Savings Don’t Add Up: There’s no reasonable way to generate billions in savings from consolidating programs that repair our nation’s highways as Rep. Paul Ryan proposes, argues Donna Cooper.

Cut Spending in the Tax Code: Seth Hanlon and Michael Ettlinger explain why reducing spending in the tax code should be discussed in Congress's budget debates.

GAO Provides Valuable Addition to Waste-Cutting Efforts : Michael Linden and Sarah Ayres review the GAO’s new report on eliminating government waste and offer recommendations for finding further reductions going forward.

Budget Cuts that Work: Congress should use the new GAO report to help identify areas of the federal budget that are ripe for cutting, write Donna Cooper and John Griffith.

Cutting Tax Expenditures: The president’s budget contains many provisions that cut wasteful spending through the tax code, writes Seth Hanlon.

A Scalpel Versus a Hatchet: President Obama’s budget sets up a choice between his scalpel and the hatchet used by House Republicans to reduce the federal deficit.

Tax Breaks Need Scrutiny: An important provision calling for ongoing review of special tax breaks is missing from the Senate tax compromise, notes Seth Hanlon. It should be included.

The First Step: Michael Ettlinger, Michael Linden, and Reece Rushing on what we can do to address the long-term federal budget deficit.

Conservatives Now Need to Do the Math: Seth Hanlon details why spending cuts alone cannot balance the budget, and why cutting taxes will not make the federal budget deficit disappear.

Myth vs. Fact: The Build America Bond: Seth Hanlon, Jordan Eizenga, and James Hairston debunk the critics of this highly successful public-works bond program and urge Congress to keep it in place.

Another Tax Cut for the Top 2 Percent?: Congress should prevent a potential windfall to wealthy bond investors by extending Build America Bonds, write Seth Hanlon and Jordan Eizenga.

Let the Bonus Tax Cuts for the Top 2 Percent Fade into the Sunset: Seth Hanlon outlines the reasons why letting the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans expire is a good idea.

A Thousand Cuts: Michael Ettlinger and Michael Linden detail what reducing the federal budget deficit through large spending cuts could really look like.

What Are Tax Expenditures?: Sima Gandhi explains tax expenditures: what they are, what makes them different from other forms of government spending, and how we can rein them in.

Congressmen Join Chorus Calling for Tax Expenditure Scrutiny: Lawmakers at a House hearing yesterday rightly questioned the administration on why it excludes tax expenditures in its new spending control bill, says Sima J. Gandhi.

Rescission Decision: Congress should question the White House’s omission of $1 trillion in tax expenditures in its new proposal to cut wasteful spending, writes Sima J. Gandhi.

Bringing Accountability to Tax Expenditures: Congress rarely scrutinizes the tax subsidies it creates, but new legislation would require them to examine this spending, writes Sima Gandhi.

Making a Better First Impression: Jitinder Kohli and Michael Ettlinger offer recommendations to simplify the tax system and process less of a hassle for American taxpayers.

Tax Expenditures 101: A primer on tax expenditures—a privileged form of government spending that often evades scrutiny.

Audit the Tax Code: Report from Sima J. Gandhi sets out the Doing What Works philosophy on tax expenditure reform.

Government Spending Undercover: Report from Lily Batchelder and Eric Toder offers recommendations for reforming IRS-administered spending.

Cracking the Code: A closer look at spending by Sima Gandhi shows some seriously surprising tax subsidies. This lists 10 examples of tax expenditures that warrant further examination.

Slay the Sacred Tax Cow: Scrutinizing and cutting wasteful tax expenditures is a necessary part of fiscal planning that can save governments billions, writes Sima Gandhi.