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IRS Rescission Would Worsen Deficits
Rescinding $25 billion of IRS funding would result in the loss of $49 billion in revenue and increase deficits by $24 billion over ten years...
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Site-Neutral Legislative Proposals Gaining Traction
One of the best ways to reduce health care costs would be to move towards “ site-neutral ” payments and away from the current system’s inefficient...
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We Must Not Backslide on Fiscal Responsibility Act
The bipartisan Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) enacted last month was projected to generate $1.5 trillion of deficit reduction – more than any...
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Reintroduction of the Fiscal State of the Nation Resolution
Representatives Andy Barr (R-KY) and Scott Peters (D-CA) reintroduced the Fiscal State of the Nation resolution in the House in conjunction with...
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Key Takeaways from the Site-based Invoicing and Transparency Enhancement (SITE) Act
This week Senators Mike Braun (R-IN), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and John Kennedy (R-LA) introduced the Site-based Invoicing and Transparency Enhancement...
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Congress On Track to Miss Budget Deadline for 20th Year in a Row
The statutory deadline for Congress to complete action on a concurrent budget resolution for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 is April 15. The budget process...
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One Month Until Congressional Budgets Come Due
The deadline for the House and Senate Budget Committees to propose and reconcile their respective budgets for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 – April 15 th – is...
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The Debt Ceiling and Fiscal Reforms
With federal debt subject to the limit currently at $31.38 trillion, the federal government has officially run up against its debt ceiling. In January...
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Prevent Government Shutdowns Act of 2023 Introduced in the Senate
Last week, Senators James Lankford (R-OK), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and a bipartisan group of nine additional senators reintroduced the Prevent...
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IRS Funding Repeal Could Cost Over $100 Billion, Encourage Tax Cheating
1/9 Update: CBO released a score of the bill, incorporated below. The House is likely to vote today on a bill that would rescind roughly $70 billion...
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Congress Approved $113 Billion of Aid to Ukraine in 2022
Since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine less than one year ago, Congress has approved more than $113 billion of aid and military assistance to...
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Maya MacGuineas: Three things Congress must do to curb our nation’s spiraling debt crisis
Maya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently co-authored an...