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Senate Finance Prescription Drug Bill Would Reduce Deficits by $100 Billion
Read moreThe Senate Finance Committee recently approved by a 19-9 vote a prescription drug bill, the Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act, that the...
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Was a "No" Vote on the Budget Deal a Vote for "More Spending"?
Read moreIn support of the $1.7 trillion Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 (BBA19), Senator David Perdue (R-GA) gave a floor speech and penned an op-ed arguing...
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Budget Bill Caps Shameful Period of Fiscal Recklessness
Read moreFor Immediate Release The Senate passed a budget agreement Thursday to suspend the debt ceiling and raise discretionary spending caps for two years...
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Even With Lower Interest Rates, Debt Remains Unsustainable
Read moreWith the Federal Reserve today announcing a 0.25 percentage point decrease in the federal funds rate, it appears interest rates will remain lower than...
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Recent Fiscal Irresponsibility Will Double Deficits
Read moreAs deficits are expected to climb above $1 trillion in the coming years, it's worth noting that tax cuts and spending hikes passed just in the past...
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Letter: Nearly 100 Experts Warn Against Cadillac Tax Repeal
Read moreA group of nearly 100 distinguished health and economic policy experts from across the ideological spectrum joined together to warn the Senate against...
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Addressing Common Claims About the Budget Deal
Read moreThe President and Congressional leaders announced a plan to raise the caps on discretionary spending by $322 billion for Fiscal Years (FY) 2020 and...
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President Trump’s $4 Trillion Debt Increase
Read moreIf the recent budget deal is signed into law, it will be the third major piece of deficit-financed legislation in President Trump's term. In total, we...
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Budget Deal's Offsets Don't Even Cover The Interest
Read morePresident Trump and leaders in Congress announced a deal this week to increase caps on discretionary spending by $169 billion in 2020 and $153 billion...
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Co-Chairs Daniels, Panetta, & Penny Statement on Budget Agreement
Read moreFor Immediate Release Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget Co-Chairs Governor Mitch Daniels, Secretary Leon Panetta, and Congressman Tim Penny...
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Ways and Means to Hold Hearing on Social Security 2100 Act
Read moreThe House Ways and Means Committee will hold a hearing on Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John Larson’s (D-CT) Social Security 2100 Act (SS2100)...
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Five Reasons to Oppose the Budget Deal
Read moreCongressional leaders and the President announced a proposed budget deal yesterday to raise the caps on discretionary spending for Fiscal Years (FY)...