Budgets & Projections
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CBO Releases 2016 Budget Options
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office released a report Options for Reducing the Deficit: 2017 to 2026, with 115 budget options that either increase...
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Governing through Leadership: Steps to Secure Our Fiscal Future
Read moreA Memorandum to President-Elect Donald J. Trump TO: President-Elect Donald J. Trump FROM: Governor Mitch Daniels, Secretary Leon Panetta, Congressman...
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A Lame Duck President in 2017?
Read moreby C. Eugene Steuerle, Maya MacGuineas, Tyler Evilsizer, and Caleb Quakenbush This report represents a joint project of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy...
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Wrapping up the 2016 Fiscal Year
Read moreThe Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 budget deficit totaled $587 billion, according to the final data from the Treasury Department. Although this is nearly 60...
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Interactive Tool: Reforming the Candidates' Fiscal Plans
Read moreOur recent in-depth analysis Promises and Price Tags found that the national debt would continue to rise under a Hillary Clinton or a Donald Trump...
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Looking at the Long Term Under the Candidates' Plans
Read moreWe’ve shown before that neither Hillary Clinton nor Donald Trump would reverse the unsustainable growth of the national debt over the next decade, and...
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Maya MacGuineas: Neither Candidate Has Any Real Plan for Our National Debt
Read moreMaya MacGuineas is president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently...
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Paul A. Volcker & Peter G. Peterson: Ignoring the Debt Problem
Read morePeter G. Peterson is the founder and chairman of the Pete G. Peterson Foundation and a board member of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget...
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Social Security, Health, and Interest Spending Account for Four-Fifths of Spending Growth
Read moreThe deficit will rise dramatically over the next decade, from about $590 billion at the end of Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 to over $1.2 trillion at the end...
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Will Obamacare Be One of the Biggest Line Items in the Budget?
Read moreDuring the second presidential debate on October 9, Donald Trump said in response to a question about the Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare"), "It’s...
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What Would Clinton and Trump Need to Do to Address the Debt Along with their Policy Agendas?
Read moreWe recently estimated that Clinton's policies would likely add $200 billion to the debt over the next decade, while Trump’s policies would add $5.3...
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Maya MacGuineas: Debate Questions But No Real Answers on National Debt, Social Security
Read moreMaya MacGuineas, president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt, analyzed the vice...