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Burchett, Case, and Womack Introduce RAFT Act
Read moreOne way to begin addressing our unsustainable fiscal situation is to set fiscal goals, which could come in the form of debt targets. A new bill...
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Wall Street Journal Editorial Board Takes on Temporary Tax Breaks
Read moreThe Wall Street Journal editorial board wrote an opinion piece today decrying special interest tax subsidies that may be added to a year-end spending...
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Washington Must Avoid Budget-Busting Christmas Tree Legislation
Read moreFor Immediate Release Back from Thanksgiving recess, Congress now has less than three weeks to fund the government before the current continuing...
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Case and Womack Introduce Sustainable Budget Act
Read moreBuilding on bipartisan momentum for addressing our unsustainable fiscal situation, Representative Ed Case (D-HI) and House Budget Committee Ranking...
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Enzi-Whitehouse Budget Process Bill Includes Important Reforms
Read moreThe Senate Budget Committee recently marked up and reported bipartisan legislation to reform the budget process. The Bipartisan Congressional Budget...
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Watch: Opportunities for Lowering Health Care Costs
Read moreOn November 21, we hosted a major event on reducing health care costs for families, businesses, and the federal government. The event featured two...
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Factchecking and Live-Tweeting the Democratic Presidential Primary Debates
Read moreTonight's Democratic presidential primary debate marks the fifth round of debates of the 2020 campaign and will surely touch on fiscal issues. Through...
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Q&A: Everything You Should Know About Government Shutdowns
Read moreThe fiscal year began on Oct. 1, 2019, and Congress has enacted none of 12 appropriations bills setting discretionary spending levels. Lawmakers have...
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2020 Federal Tax Brackets Are Here
Read moreThe Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released its tax year 2020 inflation adjustments for more than 60 federal tax provisions. To make these...
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Budget Deficit Increases 34% in October
Read moreFor Immediate Release The Department of Treasury today announced that the deficit in October was $134 billion – a 34 percent increase from October...
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Mike Murphy: While Congress Makes Budgeting Look Hard, Americans Show How to Do It
Read moreMike Murphy, the Chief of Staff and Director of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget's FixUs initiative wrote an op-ed that is featured in...
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Washington Should Pursue Clean Appropriations Bills
Read moreFor Immediate Release Senior appropriators confirmed yesterday their plan to pass a second continuing resolution for fiscal year 2020, extending the...