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Watch: Committee Policy Analyst Alexander Holt Testifies 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 before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and...
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What Would the American Jobs Plan Mean for the Debt?
Read moreRecently, President Joe Biden unveiled his American Jobs Plan focused on upgrading and repairing America’s physical infrastructure, investing in...
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Maya MacGuineas on PBS Firing Line Discussing the National Debt
Read moreCommittee for a Responsible Federal Budget President Maya MacGuineas recently appeared on PBS Firing Line. She joined host Margaret Hoover and former...
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Committee Reacts to Biden Administration’s Discretionary Budget
Read moreFor Immediate Release The Biden administration today released a budget proposal for discretionary spending levels for fiscal year 2022 , which...
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President Biden's FY 2022 Discretionary Budget
Read moreToday, the Biden Administration released an abridged version of the President’s budget. This partial budget details proposed allocations and plans for...
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CBO Reports $658 Billion Deficit for March
Read moreFor Immediate Release The United States’ budget deficit for March totaled $658 billion, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). It is the...
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Event Recap: New Ideas to Lower Health Care Costs
Read moreOn Wednesday, March 17, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted a virtual event “ New Ideas to Lower Health Care Costs." The event was...
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What's in President Biden's American Jobs Plan?
Read moreOn Wednesday, President Joe Biden unveiled the second part of his "Build Back Better" agenda – the American Jobs Plan – focused on upgrading and...
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Maya MacGuineas: How to think about infrastructure funding
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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Congress Should Heed White House Call to Pay for Infrastructure
Read moreFor Immediate Release Today, the White House unveiled a $2 trillion infrastructure and investment “American Jobs Plan.” Below is a statement from Maya...
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Cost of Biden Infrastructure Plan Should Be Paid For
Read moreFor Immediate Release Tomorrow, President Biden will give a speech outlining his plans to expand physical infrastructure. A second part of the plan...
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Maya MacGuineas: There's a blatantly obvious way for the US to fight climate change and pay for new infrastructure
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...