Senator Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) has been the Senate's leading champion for more transparency in international federal spending. The issue is becoming critical as U.S. government expenditures on the War on Terror and on global health increase. At this event, Senator Coburn will offer three case studies: the U.S. Agency for...

Sen. Jim DeMint doesn’t think people much care about his presidential endorsement. But people do care--a lot.

America's foreign aid programs must be accountable to taxpayers, and transparency makes it happen.

Recent research by University of Minnesota professors Stephen Parente and Roger Feldman finds that combining the most recent models of consumer-driven health plans with a reform of the tax treatment of health insurance would substantially increase overall health insurance coverage. They estimate that adopting the George W. Bush plan for...

This event will discuss the future of U.S. policy towards Iran.

Republicans should stay firm in coming negotiations and say that an agreement to increase the national debt should also come with an agreement to reduce the national spending.

The Harriet Miers nomination has sown seeds of dissension inthe Republican ranks, pitting conservatives against the president and congressional leaders.

This Outlook outlines six simple—and bipartisan—changes to the tax code that can help the country move toward a tax code aimed towards economic growth and away from complex regulations and political favoritism.