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Representative Blumenauer Introduces Bill to Shore Up the Highway Trust Fund
Read moreRepresentative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) has introduced the Rebuild America Act, which would raise the excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel five...
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Deficit-Financed Infrastructure Spending Could Harm Economy
Read moreFor Immediate Release President Trump and Congressional Democrats are meeting this week to discuss how to pay for as much as $2 trillion of new...
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Gimmick Alert: Congress Considering Increasing Spending Through Harbor Maintenance Maneuver
Read moreHaving already used the war spending designation and fake mandatory savings to get around discretionary spending caps, lawmakers are turning to...
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Options to Offset An Infrastructure Package
Read moreA meeting between Democratic Congressional leaders and President Trump a few weeks ago raised the possibility of an infrastructure package. The...
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House Spending Plan Would Increase Discretionary Spending to Record Levels
Read moreThe House Budget Committee proposal to raise the caps on discretionary spending would add over $2 trillion in projected debt over the next decade...
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House Spending Bill Would Cost Twice as Much as Sequester Repeal
Read moreDefenders of the House spending bill have argued that despite its $2.1 trillion debt impact, it is necessary to prevent the return of sequester-level...
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New Budget Cap Plan Would Cost As Much As the Tax Cuts
Read moreEarlier this week, the House Budget Committee reported a bill – the Investing for the People Act of 2019 – that would increase current law caps on...
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Proposed Budget Plan Would Cost Over $2 Trillion
Read moreIn lieu of a budget resolution, the House Budget Committee has put forward a bill to increase discretionary spending caps by $358 billion over the...
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Written Testimony on Our Nation's Crumbling Infrastructure and the Need for Immediate Action
Read moreThe Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget submitted testimony for the record pertaining to the House Ways and Means Committee hearing on "Our...
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Charting a Responsible Path for Discretionary Spending
Read moreWith the government now fully funded for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019, policymakers must begin the conversation over appropriate funding levels for next year...
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Appropriations Watch: FY 2019
Read moreCongress passed full appropriations for the remaining seven appropriations bills for the rest of fiscal year 2019, and the president signed the...
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Q&A: Everything You Should Know About Government Shutdowns
Read moreThe fiscal year began on Oct. 1, 2018, and Congress has passed just five out of 12 appropriations bills setting discretionary spending levels...