In Brief

The Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, created by the recent debt limit agreement, was tasked with finding a minimum of $1.5 trillion in deficit reductions by November to avoid triggering across-the-board spending cuts. Brookings experts analyze the work of the super committee and the consequences of its failure to produce a bipartisan agreement on deficit reduction.

For information on specific budgetary issues, see:

• Discretionary Spending
• The Defense Budget
• Entitlement Programs
• Tax Reform