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Maya MacGuineas's Testimony on Budget Resolution Reforms
Read moreOn May 24, 2018, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas testified before the Joint Select Committee on Budget and...
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WATCH: Maya MacGuineas Testifies Before Budget Process Committee
Read moreCommittee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas testified before the Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process...
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It Would Be Unprecedented to Not Even Consider a Budget
Read moreFor Immediate Release Over a month after the statutory deadline to complete a budget, neither the House nor Senate Budget Committees have even...
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Congress Has Never Failed to Propose a Budget
Read moreThere has never been a year where at least one of the two congressional Budget Committees have not proposed a budget. Since the modern budget process...
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Paul & Sanford Introduce Penny Plans
Read moreSenator Rand Paul (R-KY) and Representative Mark Sanford (R-SC) have introduced “penny plans” that would balance the budget within a decade through a...
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American Health Care: Health Spending and the Federal Budget
Read moreThe United States spends more on health care than any other country in the world, and a large share of that spending comes from the federal government...
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Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and Concerned Actuaries Group Launch Collaborative Public Dialogue on American Health Care
Read moreFor Immediate Release Today the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and the Concerned Actuaries Group are announcing a new collaborative...
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VA Health Bill Should Be Offset
Read moreThe House will vote this week on a bill that would temporarily extend then replace the Veterans Choice Program, which allows veterans facing long wait...
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Does the Rescissions Bill Undermine Children's Health Care?
Read moreMany have criticized President Trump's $15 billion rescission package for cutting the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). For instance, a...
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It Would Take Nearly Unprecedented Economic Growth to Balance the Budget
Read moreIncreased economic growth has often been cited as a solution to our fiscal problems or as a way to offset deficit-increasing legislation. However...
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Policymakers Should Work Together to Reduce Drug Costs
Read moreFor Immediate Release President Trump outlined several proposals to reduce prescription drug prices in a speech Friday. The following is a statement...
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Chartbook: Playing By the (Budget) Rules
Read moreBelow is a Chartbook that corresponds to the paper " Playing By the (Budget) Rules: Understanding and Preventing Budget Gimmicks"