Budget Projections
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CBO Baseline Highlights Troubling Long-Term Future
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) February 2024 Budget and Economic Outlook projects that the national debt will exceed its record as a share of...
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Measuring the Savings from Preventative Health Care
Read moreThis month, the House Budget Committee passed a bill that would direct the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to evaluate the long-term budget impacts...
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Fiscal Commission Act: Just the FAQs
Read moreThe House Budget Committee recently reported the Fiscal Commission Act (FCA), sponsored by Reps. Bill Huizenga (R-MI) and Scott Peters (D-CA) on a...
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What Would It Take To Fix the Debt?
Read moreIt would take about $8 trillion of ten-year savings to stabilize debt as a share of the economy and about $15 trillion to balance the budget under the...
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CBO Releases February 2024 Budget and Economic Outlook
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just released its February 2024 Budget and Economic Outlook, its first full ten-year baseline and economic...
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CBO's February 2024 Budget and Economic Outlook
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office released its February 2024 Budget and Economic Outlook today, projecting the nation’s fiscal and economic future over...
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Chartbook: From Riches to Rags: Causes of Fiscal Deterioration Since 2001
Read moreOn January 31, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget senior vice president and senior policy director Marc Goldwein gave a presentation on our...
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From Riches to Rags: Causes of Fiscal Deterioration Since 2001
Read moreIn 2001, the federal government ran a $128 billion budget surplus and was projected to pay off the national debt by 2009. Since then, the government...
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TCJA Expansions Could Balloon Cost of Extensions
Read moreExtending various income and estate tax provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) expiring after 2025 would cost $3.4 trillion through 2035...
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Chartbook: R versus G and the National Debt
Read moreOn October 31, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget senior vice president and senior policy director Marc Goldwein gave a presentation on the...
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2023 Deficit Hit $1.7 Trillion
Read moreThe U.S. Department of the Treasury released its final Monthly Treasury Statement for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023, showing a $1.7 trillion deficit for the...
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An Overview of the House FY 2024 Budget Resolution
Read moreThe House Budget Committee has released and marked up its Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 budget resolution, a framework that purports to put the budget on a...