PAYGO & CUTGO
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Five Reasons to Pay for New Investments
Read moreCongress and the Administration are currently negotiating and developing legislation to invest in physical infrastructure, education, and other areas...
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Strengthen PAYGO with House Rules Reforms
Read moreWhen the 117th Congress begins in January, lawmakers in the House of Representatives can advance fiscal responsibility and better budgeting practices...
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PAYGO Tracker: FY 2020
Read moreThe first rule of getting out of a hole is to stop digging it deeper. With deficits and debt set to reach unprecedented levels soon, lawmakers risk...
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President Trump Bolsters Administrative PAYGO Through Executive Order
Read moreLast week, President Trump signed an executive order requiring federal agencies to identify and propose offsets whenever they propose an action that...
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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...
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Letter to Congress to Abide By PAYGO
Read moreBelow is a letter from Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas to all Members of Congress asking them to offset the costs...
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Budget Changes in Proposed House Rules
Read moreHouse Democrats are proposing a package of rules to govern the House of Representatives in the 116th Congress. The package contains many changes from...
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Congress Should Reinstate and Strengthen PAYGO Rules
Read moreFor Immediate Release Recently, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Minority Whip Steny Hoyer called for reinstating pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) rules in...
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Maya MacGuineas: An Opportunity to Improve the Tax Bill While Replacing the PAYGO Sequester
Read moreMaya MacGuineas is president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently...
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How PAYGO Rules Could Affect Tax Reform
Read moreMost of the discussion about rules that could prevent tax reform from increasing the deficit has focused on the Byrd Rule. Congress could get around...
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Pay-as-you-go: An Important First Budget Step
Read moreToday, President Donald Trump released his first budget outline calling for an increase in defense spending. The following is a statement by President...
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How the House Trade Bills Abide by PAYGO
Read moreBig economic policy news came last week when lawmakers announced a bipartisan agreement (H.R. 1890) to revive Trade Promotion Authority in order to...