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TRUST Act has Bipartisan, Bicameral Reintroduction
Read moreLast week, a bipartisan and bicameral group of lawmakers reintroduced the TRUST Act, which would establish bipartisan commissions to restore solvency...
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GAO Releases Long-Term Budget Outlook
Read moreThe Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently published its latest report on the nation’s long-term fiscal outlook. Once again, GAO warns that...
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Repealing the SALT Cap Would be More Regressive than the TCJA
Read moreRecently, a number of Members of Congress have called for repealing the current $10,000 cap on the state and local tax (SALT) deduction. Many off...
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Committee Sends Congress a Briefing Book on the Budget
Read moreThe Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget recently shared our updated " Briefing Book for a Fiscally Responsible 117 th Congress" with...
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COVID Bills Had $650 Billion in Extraneous Policies
Read moreCongress has authorized around $6 trillion of fiscal support in response to the COVID pandemic, with a projected net cost of well over $5 trillion...
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Maya MacGuineas on CNN Discussing the Corporate Tax Rate
Read moreCommittee for a Responsible Federal Budget President Maya MacGuineas appeared on CNN's "New Day" to discuss raising the corporate tax rate to help pay...
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Maya MacGuineas: Make the budget committees great again
Read moreMaya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently wrote an opinion...
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Bipartisan TRUST Act Would Jumpstart Discussions on Protecting Trust Fund Programs
Read moreFor Immediate Release Today a bipartisan group of lawmakers – led by Sens. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), Joe Manchin (D-WV), and Angus King (I-ME), and Reps...
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Burchett and Case Reintroduce RAFT Act
Read moreEstablishing fiscal goals, including debt targets, is one proactive way to begin to tackle our nation's unsustainable fiscal situation. Legislation...
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Alexander Holt's Senate Testimony on Student Debt's Burden on Borrowers and the Economy
Read moreOn April 13, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget policy analyst Alexander Holt testified at the Senate Banking Subcommittee on Economic Policy...
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Congress Must Get Back to Budgeting
Read moreFor Immediate Release Despite the growth in the national debt and trillions of dollars in borrowing in the last five years, Congress is increasingly...
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Options to Pay For the American Jobs Plan
Read morePresident Biden's American Jobs Plan would cost about $2.65 trillion over the next decade. By our estimates – and before considering pay-fors – this...