Deficits would need to be reduced by $9.5 trillion over the next decade to stabilize debt at 100% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Roughly $10...

The Fiscal Contingency Preparedness Act (FCPA), introduced last year by Representatives Ben Cline (R-VA) and Jared Golden (D-ME) in the House as well...

Updated February 20, 2026, to reflect additional support. Representatives Bill Huizenga (R-MI) and Scott Peters (D-CA), co-chairs of the Bipartisan...

The Pell Grant program will end 2026 in the red and faces a cumulative 10-year shortfall exceeding $100 billion, according to the Congressional Budget...

Today the Supreme Court ruled that the International Emergency Economic Power Act (IEEPA) does not authorize the President to impose tariffs. We...

Under the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) new February 2026 baseline, deficits will total $26 trillion – about 6.1% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP...

Updated 2/17/26: On February 14, Homeland Security funding expired, causing a partial government shutdown affecting only that department. The spending...

Maya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. She recently wrote an opinion piece for the Dallas Morning News, an...

Updated 2/17/26: On February 14, Homeland Security funding expired, causing a partial government shutdown affecting only that department. The spending...

Funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will expire at midnight tonight. Absent a last-minute agreement to fund DHS today, it will...