Budgets & Projections
Latest
-
Marc Goldwein: Here are realistic goals for Congress to get a grip on national debt
Read moreMarc Goldwein is senior vice president and senior policy director of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He recently wrote an opinion...
-
Treasury Confirms Calendar Year 2022 Deficit Tops $1.4 Trillion
Read moreThe Treasury Department released the final Monthly Treasury Statement of calendar year 2022 today, confirming that the United States borrowed $1.4...
-
What Would It Take to Balance the Budget?
Read moreWe have published an updated analysis " What Would It Take to Balance the Budget? An Update" to account for the Congressional Budget Office's latest...
-
Chris Towner: Three Charts That Tell America’s Troubling Fiscal Tale
Read moreChris Towner is policy director at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He recently wrote an opinion piece for Inside Sources , an excerpt...
-
FY 2023 Omnibus Means Over $700 Billion Boost to Baseline Spending
Read moreThe recently-passed Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 omnibus appropriations package will substantially boost appropriations levels this fiscal year and into the...
-
22 Top Fiscal Charts of 2022
Read more2022 was a busy year for fiscal policy, which gave us many opportunities to conduct substantive policy analysis using charts and tables. This year, we...
-
Spending is Too High, But At Least Congress Avoids Debt-Fueled Christmas Tree Bill
Read moreLawmakers unveiled an omnibus appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2023 today. The bill would set discretionary spending at around $1.65 trillion...
-
William Hoagland: The next House speaker should learn from 2011 experience on fiscal reform
Read moreG. William Hoagland is senior vice president at the Bipartisan Policy Center and a member of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He...
-
CRFB Launches Ad Campaign Urging No New Borrowing for the Rest of 2022
Read moreAs lawmakers contemplate a number of tax breaks and spending increases as part of a year-end legislative package, the Committee for a Responsible...
-
CBO Releases 2022 Budget Options Report
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its Options for Reducing the Deficit: 2023 to 2032 report this week, outlining 76 policy options and...
-
Congress Should Avoid Budget-Busting Omnibus
Read moreCongressional negotiators are apparently discussing a Fiscal Year 2023 omnibus appropriations bill of $1.65 trillion or higher, which would represent...
-
Maya MacGuineas: Here’s A Blueprint For Tackling America’s Crippling National Debt
Read moreMaya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently wrote an opinion...