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The Republican Study Committee's FY 2020 Budget: Preserving American Freedom
Read moreThe Republican Study Committee (RSC) has released its own budget proposal for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020, calling for $10.7 trillion in deficit reduction... -
President's Budget Gets Serious About Cutting Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
Read moreUpdate: the tables in this post have been updated with estimates from CBO's analysis of the President's FY 2020 budget. CBO does not provide specific... -
CBO Report Shows Debt Headed Toward Uncharted Waters
Read moreFor Immediate Release The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released updates to its budget projections this afternoon. Under current law, CBO projects... -
CBO's Updated Baseline Shows Grim Outlook
Read moreToday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its updated budget projections. The projections are relatively similar to January and continue... -
Letter to Congress to Abide By PAYGO
Read moreBelow is a letter from Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas to all Members of Congress asking them to offset the costs... -
Watch: Unpacking the Social Security Trustees' Report
Read moreThe Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted a lunch and panel discussion today on Unpacking the Social Security Trustees' Report. You can... -
GAO: "Federal Government Is on an Unsustainable Fiscal Path"
Read moreThe Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released its long-term budget projections, and, like other forecasts, it projects that debt will... -
Why Should We Worry About the National Debt: Questions and Answers
Read more“Why Should We Worry About the National Debt?” describes six important ways that the growing national debt will affect the budget and the economy... -
Why Should We Worry About the National Debt?
Read moreThough the national debt is at a post-war high, the willingness of policymakers to address it seems as if it is at an all-time low. The last two years... -
Maya MacGuineas and Mike Murphy: Disastrous Record Deficits Threaten US Future
Read moreMaya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and Mike Murphy is director of the Committee's new initiative, FixUS... -
Last Year Was the Only Where Congress Did Not Vote On a Budget
Read moreLast year was a historically bad year for the Congressional budget process. Since 1976, it was the first time that neither the Senate or House voted... -
Tyler Evilsizer: Fiscal Negligence of Recent Congresses Must Be Dealt With Now
Read moreTyler Evilsizer is deputy policy director at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He recently wrote an opinion piece for The Hill , an...