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Will Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and Interest Take up 83% of Spending in Five Years?
Read moreDuring the February 25 Republican presidential debate, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) said: I want to go back to this question you asked about the debt. This...
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Adding Up Senator Cruz's Campaign Proposals So Far
Read moreUpdate, 3/8/16: Since this analysis was posted, the Tax Policy Center added an additional policy of Sen. Cruz’s tax plan to their analysis that...
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Adding Up Donald Trump's Campaign Proposals So Far
Read moreNOTE: This is an archive version of this analysis and contains out-of-date estimates. The most up-to-date analysis can be found here: https:/...
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Moving on Up: Interest Costs in the CBO Baseline
Read moreWith the Congressional Budget Office releasing its final baseline last week, we know the dire fiscal future facing the country. Thanks to policymakers...
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How Lawmakers Could Make the Budget Outlook Even Worse
Read moreCBO's summary of its budget outlook included a short summary of the long-term debt outlook, which showed debt rising continuously and eventually...
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Everything You Need to Know About CBO's January 2016 Budget and Economic Outlook
Read moreWe've published a new chartbook to illustrate the most important facts and figures from this week's report by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)...
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Report: Analysis of CBO’s January 2016 Budget and Economic Outlook
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its January Budget and Economic Outlook, today, adding more detail to a brief summary released on...
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Sanford Says Candidates Aren't Talking About Debt, Deficit
Read moreCongressman Mark Sanford (R-SC) wrote a piece in The Fiscal Times that highlights the paucity of substantive discussion from the 2016 presidential...
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2015’s Fiscal Follies and Reasons for Hope
Read moreIt’s the end of the year and like so many organizations, CRFB wanted to share with you our top 10 list: a look back at Congress’s 10 top fiscal...
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How a Fed Rate Increase Could Affect the Budget
Read moreToday, the Federal Open Market Committee, the Fed's interest rate setting and deliberative body that meets eight times a year, could announce that...
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