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Case and Womack Introduce Sustainable Budget Act
Read moreBuilding on bipartisan momentum for addressing our unsustainable fiscal situation, Representative Ed Case (D-HI) and House Budget Committee Ranking... -
Bipartisan Group Introduces TRUST Act
Read moreEarlier this week, Senators Mitt Romney (R-UT), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Todd Young (R-IN), Doug Jones (D-AL), and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), alongside... -
Statement on Bipartisan TRUST Act
Read moreSenators Mitt Romney (R-UT) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Representatives Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Ed Case (D-HI) introduced the TRUST Act on Tuesday... -
Why Are CBO and SSA so Far Apart on SS2100?
Read moreBoth the Social Security Administration's (SSA) chief actuary, and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently released updated estimates of the... -
Representatives Rice, Barr Introduce Fiscal State of the Nation Resolution
Read moreLast week, Representatives Kathleen Rice (D-NY) and Andy Barr (R-KY) introduced a bipartisan bill to make it harder for Congress to ignore the... -
Is Spending, Not Tax Cuts, Driving the Deficit?
Read moreThe House Ways and Means Committee minority recently published a blog post claiming that "spending, not tax cuts, [is] driving national deficits." It... -
New House Members Stress Importance of PAYGO
Read moreA group of ten new Democratic members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to House committee chairs on Wednesday urging them to better... -
Addressing Common Claims About the Budget Deal
Read moreThe President and Congressional leaders announced a plan to raise the caps on discretionary spending by $322 billion for Fiscal Years (FY) 2020 and... -
Five Reasons to Oppose the Budget Deal
Read moreCongressional leaders and the President announced a proposed budget deal yesterday to raise the caps on discretionary spending for Fiscal Years (FY)... -
Tax Extenders Package Could Add Half a Trillion Dollars to the Debt
Read moreThe House Ways and Means Committee is scheduled to mark up legislation to revive special interest tax breaks known as “tax extenders” this week while... -
The Republican Study Committee's FY 2020 Budget: Preserving American Freedom
Read moreThe Republican Study Committee (RSC) has released its own budget proposal for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020, calling for $10.7 trillion in deficit reduction... -
Letter for the Record on Comprehensive Legislative Proposals on Social Security
Read moreThe Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget submitted a letter for the record from CRFB president Maya MacGuineas pertaining to the House Ways and...