Budgets & Projections
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CBO’s Alternative Long-Term Budget Scenarios
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released alternative scenarios to its Long-Term Budget Outlook today. These scenarios show that if the recent...
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Maya MacGuineas: National Debt is About to Roar Back to Life as a Pressing Issue
Read moreMaya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, published an op-ed with CNN. An excerpt is below. As a result of an...
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Watch the Debt Fixer in Action
Read moreWe just updated our popular Debt Fixer interactive federal budget tool with new options to reflect recent tax and spending legislation and the latest...
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Congress Is Struggling to Produce a Budget, So Do It Yourself with Our Debt Fixer Tool
Read moreThe federal budget is more than 3 months overdue and the national debt is headed towards record levels. Now, we provide you an opportunity to show...
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Mid-Session Review Shows How Much Worse the Deficit Has Gotten in the Past Year
Read moreThe Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released the Mid-Session Review (MSR) last week, updating the President's FY 2019 budget projections with...
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Have Deficit Projections Doubled Because of the Tax Bill and BBA 2018?
Read moreChairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) appeared on Fox Business this morning, where he was asked about CRFB's analysis...
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New White House Report Shows Deficit Projections Have Doubled
Read moreFor Immediate Release The White House Office of Management and Budget released its annual mid-session review Friday, updating deficit projections in...
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Policymakers Should Support Deficit Reduction in Financial Services Spending Bill
Read moreFor Immediate Release The House is expected to vote this week on a minibus appropriations bill that includes the Financial Services and General...
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Letter to the Veterans Affairs Conference Committee
Read moreBelow is a letter from CRFB President Maya MacGuineas to the conferees appointed to negotiate between the House and Senate versions of the Veterans...
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Budget Process Changes in the FY 2019 House Budget
Read moreThe Fiscal Year 2019 House budget resolution contains a number of interesting budget process proposals. The budget passed out of committee last month...
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Congress Should Vote on the Budget
Read moreFor Immediate Release The House Budget Committee passed a budget resolution last week, but lawmakers have not indicated when or if it will come to a...
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CBO Releases 2018 Long-Term Outlook
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just released its annual Long-Term Budget Outlook, which shows the United States is on an unsustainable fiscal...