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CBO Projects Social Security Will Run Out of Funds in 13 Years
Read moreAs we've warned many times before, Social Security is rapidly headed toward insolvency. Recent projections from CBO's Long-Term Budget Outlook suggest...
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Health Care Spending in the Long-Term Outlook
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) long-term outlook shows debt reaching an all-time record as a share of GDP by 2034 and nearly doubling as a...
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The Deficit Is Not "Coming Down Rapidly"
Read moreThis morning, White House National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow appeared on Fox Business and made the following claim (emphasis added): "As...
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CBO is Pretty Good at Estimating Spending
Read moreIn March 2016, CBO estimated the federal government would spend $4.06 trillion for fiscal year (FY) 2017 – a number that would increase to $4.08...
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Concerned Actuaries Group Publishes New Analyses on Health Care System’s Sustainability
Read moreLast month, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and the Concerned Actuaries Group launched the American Health Care Initiative, a...
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Farm Bill Is a Missed Opportunity
Read moreFor Immediate Release Today, the Senate passed the Agriculture Improvement Act (Farm Bill), which would extend a variety of farm subsidy and nutrition...
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Congress Should Vote on the Budget
Read moreFor Immediate Release The House Budget Committee passed a budget resolution last week, but lawmakers have not indicated when or if it will come to a...
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The Better Budget Process Initiative: Recommendations for the JSC
Read moreThe Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process Reform (JSC) has the opportunity to make important improvements to the budget process...
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CBO Releases 2018 Long-Term Outlook
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just released its annual Long-Term Budget Outlook, which shows the United States is on an unsustainable fiscal...
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CBO's 2018 Long-Term Budget Outlook
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its 2018 Long-Term Budget Outlook today, reiterating the budget’s unsustainable long-term trajectory...
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Did the U.S. Really Spend $7 Trillion on Middle Eastern Wars?
Read moreIn a roundtable in Minnesota yesterday, President Donald Trump claimed "we have $7 trillion in the Middle East", a rephrasing of his previous claims...
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How the House Could Meet the Budget Resolution's Reconciliation Instructions
Read moreThe FY 2019 House budget resolution calls for $6.5 trillion of policy savings over ten years, but the true action is in the reconciliation...