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With the recent passage of the national security supplementals, Congress has now approved nearly $175 billion of aid and military assistance to...

In the first seven months of Fiscal Year (FY) 2024, spending on net interest has reached $514 billion, surpassing spending on both national defense (...

On May 7, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted a virtual event to discuss the status of the Medicare and Social Security Trust Funds...

We recently estimated the President’s new student debt cancellation plan would cost between $250 billion and $750 billion over a decade, and have...

The Social Security and Medicare Trustees just released their annual reports on the financial status of the Social Security and Medicare programs. The...

Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget President Maya MacGuineas recently joined Fox News' "Special Report" with Bret Baier to discuss the annual...

Including the Biden Administration’s new student debt cancellation plan, we estimate all recent student debt cancellation policies will cost a...

Fiscal policy has profound consequences on the economic health and national security of the country. Yet little is done to track the effects of...

Updated 4/24/2024: On Tuesday, April 23, the Senate passed a package of national security-oriented bills passed by the House on Saturday, April 20...

The House of Representatives is set to soon vote on a series of national security-related supplemental appropriations bills. Three of the bills...

Interest rates are once again on the rise across nearly every maturity. The ten-year Treasury note closed at 4.7 percent on Tuesday, up from 4.1...

Tim Penny is co-chair and David Minge is a an emeritus board member of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. Both are former representatives...