PAYGO & CUTGO
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Five Reasons to Pay for New Investments
Congress 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
When the 117 th 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
The 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
Last 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
A 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
Below 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
House 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
For 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
Maya 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
Most 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
Today, 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
Big economic policy news came last week when lawmakers announced a bipartisan agreement (H.R. 1890) to revive Trade Promotion Authority in order to...