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Budget Deal Will Bring Back Trillion-Dollar Deficits and Could Ultimately Add More Than $1.5 Trillion to the Debt
Read moreFor Immediate Release Senate leaders have agreed to a massive budget deal raising the defense and nondefense spending caps for two years, increasing...
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Budget Deal Would Assure Permanent Trillion-Dollar Deficits
Read moreNote (2/9/2018): We have published an update to this blog reflecting passage of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018. It is posted here . Lawmakers...
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MacGuineas Testifies Before Senate Subcommittee
Read moreMaya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, testified before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs...
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Debt-O is Back for the State of the Union Address!
Read morePresident Donald Trump will give his first State of the Union address tonight at 9 p.m. ET. CRFB will be live tweeting the speech, providing analysis...
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President Trump Fails to Address Growing National Debt in State of the Union Speech
Read moreFor Immediate Release President Donald Trump delivered his first State of the Union address on Tuesday. Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee...
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Trillion-Dollar Deficits Could Return Next Year, But A Deal Could Make Them Worse
Read moreTrillion-dollar deficits will return next year, and a budget deal in the coming weeks could make them much worse. The continuing resolution (CR) that...
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Shutdown is a National Embarrassment
Read moreFor Immediate Release Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, said the following about the government shutdown...
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President Trump's Fiscal Record So Far
Read moreAs the first year of the Trump Presidency closes, it is worth taking a look at how the fiscal health of the country has changed since President Trump...
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House Funding Plan Shouldn’t Be An Excuse to Add to the Debt
Read moreFor Immediate Release Last night, House Republicans released a new plan to extend discretionary government funding through mid-February. The...
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National Economists Club Speech: The Return of Trillion-Dollar Deficits
Read moreAs lawmakers return for the new year after the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), they also face a new budget outlook with higher debt...
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Sizing Up Revenue With the Tax Bill Enacted
Read moreAs lawmakers return for the new year after the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), they also face a new budget outlook with significantly...
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Q&A: Everything You Should Know About the Debt Ceiling - Jan 2018
Read moreThis Q&A has been updated. See here for the latest version. One issue that must be addressed soon is the federal debt ceiling, which was reinstated on...