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New Polling Reveals Bipartisan Support for Social Security Reform
Read moreThere is broad, bipartisan support for balanced reforms that restore Social Security to solvency, according to the latest set of survey results from... -
Request for Information: Strengthening the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
Read moreOn August 21, 2026 the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget's Senior Vice President and Senior Policy Director Marc Goldwein and Director of... -
Three Reasons to Worry About Rising Treasuries
Read moreInterest rates on U.S. Treasury bonds recently rose to levels not seen in decades. A recent 30-year Treasury auction ended with yields at over 5.2% –... -
CBO Analysis Suggests $1 Trillion in Medicare Advantage Overpayments
Read moreA recent Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis projects that the federal government will pay between 5% and 10% more for Medicare Advantage (MA)... -
Marc Goldwein: The best way toward a Social Security fix? This one is tried and true.
Read moreA Washington Post op-ed by Marc Goldwein of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget makes the case for assigning a bipartisan commission or... -
Q&A: Gross Debt Versus Debt Held by the Public
Read moreOn August 18, 2026, the gross national debt exceeded $40 trillion for the first time. This mark serves as an important reminder of the nation's... -
Gross National Debt Reaches $40 Trillion
Read moreThe gross national debt of the United States officially reached $40 trillion for the first time yesterday, according to the U.S. Treasury. The gross... -
Maya MacGuineas Discusses $40T Debt, Affordability on Bloomberg TV
Read moreCommittee president Maya MacGuineas recently appeared on Bloomberg TV's "Balance of Power" with hosts Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz to discuss s a wide... -
Treasury Auction Yield Hits Highest in 25 Years
Read moreA $25 billion 30-year Treasury auction this week ended with yields at 5.216% – the highest since 2001. The auction is the latest sign of investors’... -
Don’t Let Social Security’s 91st Birthday Be One of Its Last
Read more91 years ago tomorrow, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed into law the Social Security Act of 1935, establishing what is now the nation’s... -
Higher Ed Tax Breaks Could Help Fill Pell Shortfall
Read moreThe Pell Grants program is out of reserves and faces a $100 to $185 billion shortfall over the next decade. As lawmakers work to limit the cost of the... -
Appropriations Watch: FY 2027
Read moreUpdated 8/12/2026: Following the House's passage of a continuing resolution (CR) that would fund the government through December 4, the Senate passed...