Domestic Spending

Maya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently co-authored an...

Maya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently wrote an opinion...

With inflation surging and debt approaching record levels, policymakers should avoid worsening the deficit and should at least pledge to add no new...

Note: We published a more comprehensive, up-to-date comparison analysis of the amount of new ten-year borrowing approved by both Presidents Trump and...

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just released a final score of the Inflation Reduction Act, finding it would reduce deficits by $238 billion...

Note: This analysis has been updated to reflect President Biden’s announced cancellation plan . You can read the original version here. President...

The student debt cancellation and relief measures announced earlier this week by the Biden Administration would cost around $500 billion over a decade...

Below are a few frequently asked questions about student debt cancellation and proposals around it. Whose debt has been cancelled? How much will Biden...

Update (9/7/2022): The Congressional Budget Office has released an official score of the final version of the Inflation Reduction Act, finding it will...

As possible elements of a deficit-reducing reconciliation agreement have emerged, critics have attacked the plan for increasing recession risk...