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Maya MacGuineas: The debt is huge because Trump kept his promises
Read moreMaya 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...
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Comparing President Trump’s Record to His 2016 Agenda
Read moreDuring the 2016 campaign, US Budget Watch estimated that then-candidate Donald Trump’s proposed agenda would add $4.6 trillion to budget deficits...
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President Trump has Signed $4.7 Trillion of Debt into Law
Read moreOur US Budget Watch 2020 project analyzes, estimates, and explains the fiscal implications of proposals introduced during the presidential campaigns...
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CBO Releases Estimate of the President's Budget
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its estimate of the President's 2019 budget today. The estimates show debt would continue to rise under...
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David Stockman: Trump's Tax Plan Never Had a Chance
Read moreDavid Stockman served as the director of the Office of Management and Budget in the Reagan administration and is currently a member of the board of...
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CRFB Co-Chair Leon Panetta Tells Face the Nation We Must “Put Everything on the Table”
Read moreCRFB Co-Chair Leon Panetta was on Face the Nation on CBS this Sunday. Among a variety of topics, the former Secretary of Defense, Director of the...
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Cutting the Smallest and Slowest Growing Part of the Budget
Read morePresident Trump's March budget release will reportedly increase defense spending next year by $54 billion and cut non-defense spending by the same...
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Statement by Maya MacGuineas on the Inauguration of Donald Trump
Read moreThe Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget welcomes Donald Trump and Mike Pence as the President and Vice President of the United States. The new...
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Dave Walker: Washington’s chance to reform the status quo
Read moreDavid Walker is a former Comptroller General of the United States (head of the U.S. Government Accountability Office) and is a member of the Committee...
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Mike Murphy: 10 Things Trump Should Do to Secure Our Fiscal Future
Read moreMike Murphy, the Chief of Staff and Director of Strategic Initiatives at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, wrote a guest post that...
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Don't Count on 4% Growth
Read moreDuring the campaign, President-elect Trump frequently claimed his policies would grow the economy by 4 percent per year, also mentioning growth...
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Governing through Leadership: Steps to Secure Our Fiscal Future
Read moreA Memorandum to President-Elect Donald J. Trump TO: President-Elect Donald J. Trump FROM: Governor Mitch Daniels, Secretary Leon Panetta, Congressman...