Budget Process
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Congress Should Extend Caps on Discretionary Spending
Read moreThe discretionary spending caps put in place under the 2023 Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) are scheduled to expire on October 1. As lawmakers work to...
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2025 Reconciliation Resources
Read moreThe 119th Congress is expected to use the reconciliation process to pass legislation with a significant fiscal impact, such as extending the expiring...
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2025 Reconciliation Tracker
Read moreUpdated 7/11/25: On July 1, 2025, the Senate passed its version of the OBBBA by a narrow 51–50 vote —Vice President JD Vance casting the tie-breaker...
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Maya MacGuineas on Fox Business' "Mornings With Maria"
Read moreCommittee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas recently appeared on Fox Business' "Mornings With Maria" to break down the One...
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Senate Current Policy Gimmick Masks $4.2 Trillion of Borrowing
Read moreOn Saturday, the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) released a score of the proposed Finance Committee title of the Senate reconciliation bill...
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Keith Hall: Congress’ Scorekeeper Is Under Attack. It Deserves Our Trust.
Read moreKeith Hall is a former director of the Congressional Budget Office, former Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and former chief economist...
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Fiscal Commission Act Reintroduced in the House
Read moreRepresentatives Bill Huizenga (R-MI) and Scott Peters (D-CA), Co-Chairs of the Bipartisan Fiscal Forum, recently reintroduced the Fiscal Commission...
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Maya MacGuineas on CNBC's "Squawk Box"
Read moreCommittee president Maya MacGuineas recently appeared on CNBC's "Squawk Box" with hosts Joe Kernen and Andrew Ross Sorkin to discuss the House budget...
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Stop Making Reconciliation Worse
Read moreAs lawmakers continue to negotiate new policies and adjustments to the House’s reconciliation bill, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” the list of...
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Moody’s Downgrade Highlights Seriousness of Fiscal Situation
Read moreThe credit rating agency Moody’s downgraded the credit rating of the US government from “Aaa” to “Aa1,” specifically noting that they “do not believe...
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Fiscal Commission Would Be Step In the Right Direction
Read moreRepresentatives Bill Huizenga (R-MI) and Scott Peters (D-CA), Co-Chairs of the Bipartisan Fiscal Forum , this week introduced bipartisan legislation...
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CRFB Reacts to Ongoing Reconciliation Deliberations
Read moreThirty-two Members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to House leadership today laying out their conditions for supporting a reconciliation...