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Gene Steuerle: Alice Rivlin: The George Washington of the Congressional Budget Office
Read moreAlice Rivlin, who passed away on May 14, was among the greatest public servants of the modern era.
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Saving Social Security and Medicare Could Help Fix the Debt
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) Long-Term Budget Outlook shows debt rising continuously as a share of the economy over the next 30 years and...
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Senate Should Pass Budget Plan Before Defense Authorization
Read moreFor Immediate Release The U.S. Senate is scheduled to vote Thursday on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2020 to authorize...
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US Budget Watch 2020 Will Hold Candidates Accountable for Their Fiscal Promises
Read moreFor Immediate Release The nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget launched its US Budget Watch 2020 project Wednesday, an initiative to...
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CBO Releases 2019 Long-Term Outlook
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just released its 2019 Long-Term Outlook, again confirming the budget’s unsustainable long-term trajectory...
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CBO's 2019 Long-Term Budget Outlook
Read moreToday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its Long-Term Budget Outlook, again confirming the budget’s unsustainable long-term trajectory...
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The Long-Term Debt is Out of Control
Read moreFor Immediate Release The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its Long-Term Budget Outlook Tuesday, which warns that today’s high levels of...
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House Should Pass Budget Plan Before Spending More
Read moreFor Immediate Release The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote this week on “minibus” appropriations legislation combining five...
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CBO: Debt Remains Unsustainable With r < g
Read moreThe national debt is rising at an unsustainable pace. A factor that helps is interest rates currently being lower than the economic growth rate (r
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Judd Gregg: And the threat is...
Read moreJ udd Gregg, a former Republican senator from New Hampshire, served as chairman of the Senate Budget Committee from 2005 to 2007 and ranking member...
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Maya MacGuineas: Federal Disaster Funding Doesn't Have To Be An Emergency
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...
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Tim Penny & David Minge: Our Trillion-Dollar Problem Deserves Bipartisan Attention
Read moreTim Penny is co-chair and David Minge is a board member of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. Both are former representatives from the...