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Bernie Sanders's Social Security Expansion Act
Read morePresidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has proposed the Social Security Expansion Act, which would increase Social Security benefits...
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Letter to Senate Budget Committee: Advance Bipartisan Budget Improvements
Read moreBelow is a letter sent today from Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas to Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi...
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Bipartisan Group Introduces TRUST Act
Read moreEarlier this week, Senators Mitt Romney (R-UT), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Todd Young (R-IN), Doug Jones (D-AL), and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), alongside...
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Fair and Smart Budget Reforms Deserve Vote
Read moreFor Immediate Release Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) and committee member Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) released bipartisan...
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Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and West Health Launch Health Savers Initiative
Read moreFor Immediate Release The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and the West Health Policy Center have launched the Health Savers Initiative, a...
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Statement on Bipartisan TRUST Act
Read moreSenators Mitt Romney (R-UT) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Representatives Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Ed Case (D-HI) introduced the TRUST Act on Tuesday...
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Marc Goldwein & Tyler Evilsizer: Moving from a debt-busting tax cut to pro-growth tax reform
Read moreMarc Goldwein is the senior vice president and senior policy director at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. Tyler Evilsizer is the deputy...
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Statement on Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund
Read moreFor Immediate Release The House of Representatives is voting Monday on H.R. 2440, the Full Utilization of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Act. The...
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Co-Chairs Daniels, Panetta, & Penny Statement on FY 2019 Deficit
Read moreFor Immediate Release The Treasury Department released Friday the final deficit total for Fiscal Year 2019, which ended on September 30. Figures show...
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Treasury: 2019 Deficit was $984 Billion
Read moreThe Treasury Department released final budget numbers for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 today, showing last year's deficit totaled $984 billion, a $205...
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Could Medicare for All be Financed Entirely by Cutting Defense Spending?
Read moreLast week, The New York Times published an op-ed entitled “We Don’t Need to Raise Taxes to Have ‘Medicare for All’ .” In it, Lindsay Koshgarian...
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Policymakers Should Reject Efforts to Weaken SALT Cap
Read moreFor Immediate Release The Senate is voting this afternoon to reopen state workarounds on the limits on the State and Local Tax (SALT) deduction by...