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CBO: Debt Still on Unsustainable Path
Read moreFor Immediate Release The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its Budget and Economic Outlook for the next decade this morning, which warned...
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More Borrowing Not a Shutdown Solution
Read moreFor Immediate Release Recently, several senators have suggested increasing next year’s discretionary spending caps as part of a deal to secure wall...
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CBO: Fixing the Debt Could Increase Average Income by $6,000 Per Person
Read moreWhile some recent commentators have suggested Americans stop worrying about our debt, evidence shows there is a significant upside to addressing our...
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Our Top Fiscal Charts of 2018
Read moreThe year 2018 was a busy time for budget policy, which gave us plenty of opportunities for analysis via tables and graphs. We published over 250 blogs...
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Maya MacGuineas's Testimony on the Perils of Ignoring Debt
Read moreOn December 20, 2018, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas testified before the House Financial Services Committee on...
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Maya MacGuineas Testifies Before House Financial Services Committee
Read moreCRFB president Maya MacGuineas testified before the House Financial Services Committee on Thursday, December 20. The hearing, entitled "The Peril of...
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CBO Releases Latest Budget Options Report
Read moreToday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its "Options for Reducing the Deficit, 2019-2028" report, featuring 121 policy options and their...
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How Much Does the Government Really Owe?
Read moreWhen analyzing the fiscal health of the country, we often focus on federal government debt held by the public. Data published by USAFacts allows us to...
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Beware the Budget Busters in the Lame Duck
Read moreThe lame duck Congress will return to Washington with an important to-do list that includes either finishing the seven unfinished appropriation bills...
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The 75-Year Budget Outlook
Read moreThe federal budget is on an unsustainable long-term trajectory. With federal debt already high and rising, the country’s fiscal outlook in the medium...
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WATCH: Budgeting for the Next Generation
Read moreThe Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget will host a lunch and panel discussion on Budgeting for the Next Generation on Capitol Hill beginning...
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Maya MacGuineas: Massive Deficit Was Totally Predictable & Self-Imposed
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...