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Committee President Maya MacGuineas Testifies on Taxation of Corporations and the Wealthy
Read moreFor Immediate Release Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas will testify today, March 25, before the Senate Budget... -
ARCHIVE: Ten Options to Secure the Highway Trust Fund
Read moreNote: (2/4/2022): This analysis is now out of date. We released an updated version of this analysis, available here, which includes new projections of... -
Washington Must Kick Its Addiction to Debt
Read moreThe Committee for a Responsible Federal projects that with the passage of the American Rescue Plan, the national debt will reach a new record this... -
How High Are Federal Interest Payments?
Read moreThis year, the federal government will spend $300 billion on interest payments on the national debt. This is the equivalent of nearly 9 percent of all... -
Marc Goldwein: The Prescription: Fiscal Policy for the COVID-19 Economy
Read moreMarc Goldwein is senior vice president and senior policy director of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He recently appeared on The... -
Understanding the $1 Trillion in Unspent COVID Relief Funding
Read moreThe Senate-passed American Rescue Plan will deliver nearly $2 trillion of additional COVID relief on top of the $4 trillion already authorized. Yet... -
Committee Reacts to House Passage of American Rescue Plan
Read moreFor Immediate Release The House today approved a COVID relief bill to continue combating the pandemic and supporting the economic recovery, which will... -
FY 2021 Deficit Already Passed $1 Trillion Threshold
Read moreFor Immediate Release The United States’ budget deficit for the first five months of fiscal year 2021 has eclipsed $1 trillion, according to the... -
Committee Response to Senate-Passed American Rescue Plan
Read moreFor Immediate Release The Senate today approved a COVID relief bill to continue combating the pandemic and supporting the economic recovery. The... -
CBO Outlook Highlights Massive Debt Challenges
Read moreFor Immediate Release The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a full report on its Long-Term Budget Outlook today, which shows an unsustainable... -
New Report Shows Troubling Outcomes for Short-Term-Education Programs
Read moreYesterday, New America published a new report by Monique O. Ositelu measuring employment outcomes of students who obtained short-term-education... -
House-Approved COVID Relief Bill Could Use Improvements in Senate
Read moreFor Immediate Release The House today approved a $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill to continue combating the pandemic and supporting the economic...