Budgets & Projections
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The Better Budget Process Initiative: Improving Focus on the Long Term
Read moreFor additional budget process resources including specific options for reform, visit our Better Budget Process Initiative home page. The budget... -
CRFB Budget Resolution Principles
Read moreOne of the first and most important priorities Congress should be agreeing to a budget resolution conference report that lays out a framework for... -
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Fiscal Speed Bumps: Challenges, Risks, and Opportunities
Read moreIn the coming months and years, lawmakers will face a number of important budget-related deadlines, or Fiscal Speed Bumps, that will require... -
The House's New Rule on Dynamic Scoring
Read moreThis week, the House approved a rule change related to dynamic scoring. Specifically, the rule would require the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and... -
House GOP Kicks Off New Congress with Fiscal Irresponsibility
Read moreThe 114th Congress has barely even started and House Republicans are already proposing to explicitly ignore pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) rules that require... -
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Senators Chambliss and Coburn Bid Farewell, Talk Fiscal Issues
Read moreThe end of the 113th Congress saw the retirement of two Senators who actively fought for controlling and limiting the U.S. federal debt. Senators... -
CBO Shows Social Security is in Financial Trouble
Read moreIt is clear that Social Security faces financial challenges. This year, its own Trustees estimated the combined trust funds would run out of reserves... -
CRS Talks About Need for Fiscal Sustainability and Plans to Achieve It
Read moreThe Congressional Research Service's Jane Gravelle recently put out a paper on plans to address long-term deficits and debt. The piece both goes...