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Chartbook: America's Budget Outlook
Read moreBelow is a chartbook on America's deteriorating budget outlook. Update (5/15/18): We clarified the footnote on slide 9 to more clearly reference CBO's...
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Interest Spending is on Course to Triple
Read moreAccording to CBO's latest projections, the rising cost of interest on the debt is a significant driver of growing deficits and debt. In this piece, we...
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Debt Could be Twice the Size of the Economy by Mid-Century
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) recent ten-year budget projections show that debt is on course to exceed the size of the economy in just over...
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More Than Half of Next Year's Deficit is Congress's Fault
Read moreThe budget deficit will approach the trillion-dollar mark next year, according to recent projections from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). Well...
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Debt Could Reach Record Levels in a Decade
Read moreThe Congessional Budget Office's (CBO) latest budget projections released this week show how much worse recent legislation has made the fiscal outlook...
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Factchecking the Senate Budget Committee Hearing with CBO
Read moreAt least two claims in Wednesday's Senate Budget Committee hearing with Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Keith Hall merit fact checking...
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Analysis of CBO’s April 2018 Budget and Economic Outlook
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its ten-year budget and economic outlook today, showing that recent legislation has made an already...
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Baseline 101: Anticipating CBO's Updated Budget Outlook
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) will release its 2018 Budget and Economic Outlook on April 9, which is likely to project sustained trillion...
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House Budget Committee Concludes CBO Oversight Series
Read moreThe House Budget Committee held its final hearing in its series on oversight of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on March 14. Committee for a...
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Maya MacGuineas's Testimony on CBO Oversight: Perspectives from Outside Experts
Read moreOn March 14, 2018, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas testified before the House Budget Committee on "CBO Oversight...
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WATCH: MacGuineas Testifies Before House Budget Committee
Read moreMaya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, testified before the House Budget Committee on CBO Oversight on...
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A Short Primer on the Congressional Budget Office
Read moreWith the House and Senate recently undergoing oversight hearings of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), it's helpful to remember what CBO is and...