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Q&A: Everything You Should Know About Government Shutdowns
Read moreThe fiscal year began on Oct. 1, 2018, and Congress has passed just five out of 12 appropriations bills setting discretionary spending levels...
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These 3 Parts of the Budget Explain 87% of Spending Growth
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) latest baseline shows that deficits and debt are rising unsustainably, driven by the failure of revenue to...
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Play Debt-O During State of the Union 2019!
Read morePresident Donald Trump will give his second State of the Union address tonight at 9 p.m. ET. CRFB will be live tweeting the speech, providing analysis...
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CRFB Co-Chairs Gov. Daniels, Sec. Panetta, & Rep. Penny: Congress and President Must Make the Debt a Priority
Read moreCommittee for a Responsible Federal Budget Co-Chairs Governor Mitch Daniels, Secretary Leon Panetta, and Congressman Tim Penny issued the following...
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Maya MacGuineas: How to Keep the Government Running When Lawmakers Fail To Do Their Job
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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The Two Factors That Explain the Improvement in the Budget Outlook
Read moreThis year's Congressional Budget Office (CBO) budget outlook was a slight improvement over last April's, although it still shows a troubling outlook...
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CBO: Debt-to-GDP Will Double in Three Decades
Read moreCBO’s latest baseline projected that current law debt will rise rapidly from today’s post-war record-high levels over the next decade. Buried further...
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Erskine Bowles: Americans are being left behind. Here's how we fix it.
Read moreMany Americans are being left behind by today’s modern, global economy, and they are justifiably angry about it.
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Analysis of CBO’s January 2019 Budget and Economic Outlook
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its Budget and Economic Outlook today, projecting high and rising deficits and debt over the next...
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CBO Budget Projections Show Bleak Outlook
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released its 2019 budget and economic projections, and the budget outlook is very bleak. CBO's baseline...
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CBO: Debt Still on Unsustainable Path
Read moreFor Immediate Release The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its Budget and Economic Outlook for the next decade this morning, which warned...
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The Longest Shutdown Has Hit Consumer Sentiment the Hardest
Read moreIt's not just the economy that's taken a hit from the partial shutdown of the government. Consumer confidence has taken a dip as well, falling more...