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Senate OBBBA Violates House Budget Instructions
The latest Senate version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) would likely add roughly $4 trillion to the national debt, including interest. 1...
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Maya MacGuineas Joins Prof G Markets to Discuss Tax Bill
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas recently joined the Prof G Markets podcast with hosts Scott Galloway and Ed Elson...
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Higher Education Savings Options Compliant with Reconciliation Rules
The Senate version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) is currently undergoing the " Byrd bath," in which the Senate Parliamentarian offers...
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CEA’s Fantastical Economic Assumptions
The White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) released a report today claiming the Senate’s proposed version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act...
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Marc Goldwein on CBS Evening News Plus
The Committee's Senior Vice President and Senior Policy Director, Marc Goldwein, recently appeared on CBS Evening News Plus to discuss the current...
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Senate Current Policy Gimmick Masks $4.2 Trillion of Borrowing
On 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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OBBBA Would Cost More on a Dynamic Basis, Says CBO
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its dynamic score of the House-passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), finding that the bill would...
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Social Security and Medicare Are Only 8 Years from Insolvency
The Trustees for Social Security and Medicare released their annual reports on the financial status of the programs’ respective trust funds today. The...
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Social Security and Medicare Trustees Release 2025 Reports
Note: We have published our analyses of the Social Security and Medicare Trustees' Reports. The Social Security and Medicare Trustees released their...
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OBBBA’s 30-Year Price Tag
The House-passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) would add $3 trillion to the debt through Fiscal Year (FY) 2034 as written and $5 trillion if made...
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Maya MacGuineas: Trump’s Bill is Big, But Definitely Not Beautiful
Maya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. She recently wrote an opinion piece for U.S. News and World Report, an...
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How Much Would OBBBA Pay For Itself?
The House-passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) would add about $3 trillion to the debt, including interest, on a conventional basis. However...