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Changes Move Reconciliation Bill in the Wrong Fiscal Direction
Read moreThe House of Representatives may vote on the reconciliation package, or the “One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA), this week. House leadership...
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Budget 101
Read moreKey Resources to Get You Started or Refresh Your Understanding of Fiscal Topics The Budget 101 resources page offers a collection of materials...
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House Education and Workforce Committee Proposes $349 Billion in Offsets
Read moreYesterday the House Education and Workforce Committee released its part of the House reconciliation package, which would save an estimated $349...
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What’s in the Senate’s Concurrent FY 2025 Budget?
Read moreUpdate (4/11/2025): The Senate adopted the budget described below on April 5, 2025, and the House adopted the budget on April 10, 2025, making this...
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The House’s $2 Trillion in Spending Cuts Should Be an Absolute Minimum
Read moreThe reconciliation instructions in the House’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 budget resolution – which allow up to $2.8 trillion of net borrowing through 2034...
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Potential Savings from Shrinking the Federal Workforce
Read moreThe Trump Administration has called for significant reductions to the federal workforce and has begun the process by laying off a number of federal...
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Government Shutdowns Q&A: Everything You Should Know
Read moreDiscretionary funding for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 will expire on March 14, and Congress has so far enacted zero of the 12 full-year appropriations bills...
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Congress Should Avoid a Costly End-of-Year Package
Read moreWith debt nearing record levels, interest payments surging, and major trust funds approaching insolvency, Congress should avoid worsening our already...
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Addressing the Statutory PAYGO Scorecard
Read moreThere is currently a massive $1.7 trillion balance on the statutory PAYGO scorecard for 2025. Under current law, this balance is slated to trigger a...
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The Kamala Harris Agenda to Lower Costs for American Families
Read moreVice President Kamala Harris released a document today – the Agenda to Lower Costs for American Families – that outlines a number of proposals she...
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Trump and Biden: Tax and Spending Changes
Read moreIn a recent analysis, we estimated that former President Donald Trump approved $8.4 trillion of new ten-year borrowing during his four-year term in...
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Appropriations 101
Read moreThis paper has been updated here. What are appropriations? How does Congress determine the total level of appropriations? How does Congress allocate...