A Lame Duck President in 2017?
by C. Eugene Steuerle, Maya MacGuineas, Tyler Evilsizer, and Caleb Quakenbush
This report represents a joint project of the Urban-Brookings Tax...
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton was the Democratic nominee in the 2016 presidential election, which she lost on November 8, 2016 to Donald Trump. She is a former Secretary of State and U.S. Senator from New York. Her running mate was Virginia senator and former governor Tim Kaine.
Interactive Tool: Reforming the Candidates' Fiscal Plans
Our recent in-depth analysis Promises and Price Tags found that the national debt would continue to rise under a Hillary Clinton or a Donald Trump...
Looking at the Long Term Under the Candidates' Plans
We’ve shown before that neither Hillary Clinton nor Donald Trump would reverse the unsustainable growth of the national debt over the next...
How Clinton and Trump Could Affect Economic Growth
Recently, the Tax Policy Center (TPC) estimated the economic impact of Hillary Clinton's and Donald Trump's tax plans, finding that both...
What Would Clinton and Trump Need to Do to Address the Debt Along with their Policy Agendas?
We recently estimated that Clinton's policies would likely add $200 billion to the debt over the next decade, while Trump’s policies...
The Fiscal State of Play
Some commentators have made the argument that our nation’s fiscal challenges are not particularly large. So what is the fiscal state of play?...
Maya MacGuineas: Debate Questions But No Real Answers on National Debt, Social Security
Maya MacGuineas, president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt, analyzed the vice...
Is Clinton's Tax Increase One of the Largest in History?
In addition to a statement about his tax cut during the first presidential debate in late September, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump...
Clinton & Trump: Where Will Our Debt Be in 10 Years?
Our recent report Promises and Price Tags: A Preliminary Update estimated that both major party presidential candidates' proposals would add to...
Tim Penny: Clinton and Democrats Need to Address Social Security
Tim Penny is the president and CEO of the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation, a former congressman from Minnesota, and a co-chair of the...