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CBO Economic Forecasts Are Similar to the Consensus, Unlike OMB
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) analysis of the President's Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 budget found that the President's policies would still...
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Appropriations 101
Read moreThis paper has been updated here . What are appropriations? Appropriations are annual decisions made by Congress about how the federal government...
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Can America Sustain the Recent Economic Boost?
Read moreKey Takeaways: The good news is that the economy is doing well; however, this is unlikely to turn into sustained growth at the same rate. Short-term...
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CBO Releases Estimate of the President's Budget
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its estimate of the President's 2019 budget today. The estimates show debt would continue to rise under...
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CBO’s Analysis of the President’s FY 2019 Budget
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its estimate of the President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 budget using its own assumptions to evaluate the...
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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...