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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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
Appropriations 101
Read moreNote: This paper has been updated here. What are appropriations? How does Congress determine the total level of appropriations? How does Congress... -
Appropriations Watch: FY 2024
Read moreNote: For the latest fiscal year, click here . Updated 4/24/2024: On Tuesday, April 23, the Senate passed a package of national security-oriented...