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12-Month Deficit Totals $1.7 Trillion, Debt Approaches 100% of GDP
Read moreThe federal budget deficit totaled $1.74 trillion between November 2024 and October 2025 according to estimates from the Congressional Budget Office...
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Tariff Dividends Could Cost $600 Billion Per Year
Read morePresident Trump proposed paying a dividend of “at least $2,000 a person” with new tariff revenue in a post on Truth Social this weekend. The post...
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“Clean CR” Would Forgive $3.4 Trillion in Debt
Read moreCongress is voting this week on a Continuing Resolution-Minibus appropriations bill. The package would extend temporary funding for nine...
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Fixing Medicare Physician Payments
Read moreMedicare pays physicians in traditional fee-for-service through the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS), which sets specific payment amounts for more than 10...
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Getting to 3%: An Open Letter to Lawmakers
Read moreToday, the Board of Directors for the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget released an open letter calling on lawmakers to adopt a fiscal goal...
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Understanding the ACA Subsidy Discussion
Read moreAs policymakers continue to debate what’s next for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges, there has been significant confusion over how the...
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Maya MacGuineas on Fox Business' "Mornings With Maria"
Read moreCommittee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas recently appeared on Fox Business' "Mornings With Maria" to discuss the ongoing...
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Maya MacGuineas: America's fiscal crisis is worsening. Everyone should take note.
Read moreMaya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. She recently wrote an opinion piece for MSNBC, an excerpt of which is...
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Government Reopening Proposal Would be the Costliest in History
Read moreSome lawmakers have called for increasing federal health care spending by $1.5 trillion to permanently extend the expiring enhanced Affordable Care...
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Tariff Repeal Needs Replacement to Avoid More Borrowing
Read moreThe Senate may soon vote on resolutions to repeal the national emergencies that the Trump Administration has utilized to put in place significant...
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2.8% COLA Highlights Benefits of a COLA Cap
Read moreThe Social Security Administration announced on October 24 that beneficiaries will receive a 2.8% Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) at the start of...
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Tariff Revenue Soars in FY 2025 Amid Legal Uncertainty
Read moreThe federal government raised $195 billion in customs duties in Fiscal Year (FY) 2025, more than 250% of what it collected in FY 2024, according to...