What did the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction’s announcement on November 23 contain: a successful bipartisan strategy for reducing the deficit or a disheartening lack of consensus? On the heels of the announcement, Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), one of the 12 members of the committee, speaks at  AEI to discuss the details and implications of the super committee’s decisions.

The Beltway media, in cases of lurid accusations, have displayed a curious and consistent habit of slamming one set of candidates while covering for the other. Questions should be raised about media reporting biases, rather than AEI’s ground rules.

Data from around the world suggest that countries are undertaking reforms of their tax systems in the face of global competition. Stephen Matthews and Steven Clark, OECD tax policy experts, will offer their findings and an international context, and discuss implications for the United States.

While the House leadership has announced that Congress will not produce a budget this year, the Congressional Budget Office released their Long-Term Budget Outlook on June 30, 2010.

The FairTax proposal, which now has fifty-four sponsors in the U.S. House of Representatives, would institute a national retail sales tax to replace individual and corporate income taxes, payroll and self-employment taxes, and estate and gift taxes. The question of what sales-tax rate would be needed to replace the revenue...

A special AEI event with Representative Paul Ryan on spending, stimulus, and budget will be held on the Hill at 210 Cannon House Office Building, on Thursday, July 1, from 10:30 a.m. to noon.

Despite claims that Republicans are facing a civil war between moderates and the Tea Party, the tea-party gale has swept through the GOP and all that stands between the tea parties and victory in November is the Democrats.