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Written Testimony on Our Nation's Crumbling Infrastructure and the Need for Immediate Action
Read moreThe Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget submitted testimony for the record pertaining to the House Ways and Means Committee hearing on "Our...
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Annual Deficits Could Hit $2.3 Trillion
Read moreDeficits are rising quickly under current law, as the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) recent budget outlook demonstrates. Under current law, CBO...
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How Much Will Medicare for All Cost?
Read moreRepresentative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), a co-chair of the Medicare for All Caucus, released a bill today that would adopt a single-payer system, where...
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Tax Cut and Spending Bill Could Cost $5.5 Trillion Through 2029
Read moreThe 2017 tax cut and the 2018 spending bill loom large in the latest Congressional Budget Office (CBO) outlook; the two pieces of legislation as...
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SSDI Solutions Initiative Releases Paper on Developing Demonstrations Based on Lessons Learned
Read moreThe McCrery-Pomeroy SSDI Solutions Initiative yesterday released the first of a series of papers on how to improve policies for people with...
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Budget Resolution Principles for Fiscal Year 2020
Read moreThe congressional budget resolution should establish the nation’s priorities, the approach to financing them, and a plan to ensure the nation is on a...
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Maya MacGuineas: The Rise of Free Lunch Economics & the Growth of Our National Debt
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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Charting a Responsible Path for Discretionary Spending
Read moreWith the government now fully funded for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019, policymakers must begin the conversation over appropriate funding levels for next year...
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Tyler Evilsizer: Putting the Trump Tax Cuts Will Pay For Themselves Myth To Bed
Read moreTyler Evilsizer is deputy policy director at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He recently wrote an opinion piece for The Hill , an...
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Appropriations Watch: FY 2019
Read moreCongress passed full appropriations for the remaining seven appropriations bills for the rest of fiscal year 2019, and the president signed the...
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As Debt Rises, Interest Costs Could Top $1 Trillion
Read moreThe fastest growing item in the budget over the next decade will be interest on the debt, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). In this...
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Leave Tax Extenders in the Past
Read moreSome in Congress reportedly want to revive a package of narrow tax breaks that expired 14 months ago, at the end of 2017, known as “tax extenders.”...