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Congress Should Spend Responsibly and Invest Wisely
Read moreBetween the American Jobs Plan and the American Families Plan, President Biden has proposed roughly $4.45 trillion of new spending and tax breaks. The...
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COVID Relief Lifted Personal Income to Record Levels
Read moreOf the $5.9 trillion ($5.2 trillion net) of enacted COVID relief, we estimate $3.6 trillion was committed or disbursed over the one-year period...
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What's in President Biden's American Families Plan?
Read moreThis evening, President Joe Biden will unveil the third part of his ambitious “Build Back Better” agenda, the American Families Plan. According to the...
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Biden Tax Gap Proposal Deserves Bipartisan Consideration
Read moreFor Immediate Release The Biden administration will soon introduce a proposal to reduce the tax gap, the difference between taxes paid and taxes owed...
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COVID Bills Had $650 Billion in Extraneous Policies
Read moreCongress has authorized around $6 trillion of fiscal support in response to the COVID pandemic, with a projected net cost of well over $5 trillion...
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Bipartisan TRUST Act Would Jumpstart Discussions on Protecting Trust Fund Programs
Read moreFor Immediate Release Today a bipartisan group of lawmakers – led by Sens. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), Joe Manchin (D-WV), and Angus King (I-ME), and Reps...
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Alexander Holt's Senate Testimony on Student Debt's Burden on Borrowers and the Economy
Read moreOn April 13, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget policy analyst Alexander Holt testified at the Senate Banking Subcommittee on Economic Policy...
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Congress Must Get Back to Budgeting
Read moreFor Immediate Release Despite the growth in the national debt and trillions of dollars in borrowing in the last five years, Congress is increasingly...
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Options to Pay For the American Jobs Plan
Read morePresident Biden's American Jobs Plan would cost about $2.65 trillion over the next decade. By our estimates – and before considering pay-fors – this...
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Watch: Committee Policy Analyst Alexander Holt Testifies on Student Debt's Burden on Borrowers and the Economy
Read moreOn April 13, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget policy analyst Alexander Holt testified before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and...
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What Would the American Jobs Plan Mean for the Debt?
Read moreRecently, President Joe Biden unveiled his American Jobs Plan focused on upgrading and repairing America’s physical infrastructure, investing in...
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Maya MacGuineas on PBS Firing Line Discussing the National Debt
Read moreCommittee for a Responsible Federal Budget President Maya MacGuineas recently appeared on PBS Firing Line. She joined host Margaret Hoover and former...