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It would take roughly $7.5 trillion of deficit reduction over the next decade to bring the deficit down to 3 percent of GDP by 2035, and $9 trillion...

The enactment of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), new tariffs framework, and other changes have meaningfully changed the fiscal outlook since...

Social Security turns 90 today – but its retirement program is on course to be insolvent by age 97 – according to new estimates from the program’s...

With Social Security’s 90 th birthday approaching, The New York Times (NYT) published an article this week alleging “ 6 myths about it that won’t go...

9/26/25: Updated to reflect new CBO estimate of the cost of enhanced ACA subsidies. With early marketplace premium estimates rolling out, there is...

The federal government borrowed $1.9 trillion over the past year – August 2024 to July 2025 – based on estimates from the Congressional Budget Office...

On August 7, the Trump Administration finalized a new set of “reciprocal tariff rates” that generally range from 10 to 41 percent. Assuming they...

Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas recently appeared on Fox Business' "Mornings With Maria" to discuss CBO...

“Pay-As-You-Go” or PAYGO rules and laws require offsets for new tax cuts and mandatory spending so they do not add to the debt. 1 Too often these...

Earlier this month, the President signed the 2025 reconciliation law – also known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA). The law extended and...

In a recent LA Times op-ed, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz and Deputy Administrator Kimberly Brandt...

Updated 7/31/25: On July 24, President Trump signed a recissions package which rescinds $9 billion in federal funding that had previously been...