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CBO’s February 2026 Budget and Economic Outlook
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its February 2026 Budget and Economic Outlook today, updating its January 2025 baseline to account for... -
CMS Final Rule Closes Medicaid Loophole
Read moreThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a Medicaid rule, last week, which closes an especially egregious loophole that allowed... -
FY 2027 Budget Resolution Principles
Read moreA fiscally responsible budget resolution should abide by the following principles: Set a meaningful fiscal goal with a plan to meet that goal Develop... -
Resolution to Overturn CAMT Guidance Would Reduce Deficits
Read moreThe Senate is expected to vote today on a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to overturn Treasury Department guidance that erodes some of the... -
12-Month Rolling Deficit is $1.6 Trillion in January 2026
Read moreThe federal government has borrowed $1.6 trillion over the past 12 months based on the latest estimates from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)... -
Blue Dogs Endorse 3% Resolution
Read moreOn February 5, the Blue Dog Coalition endorsed a recently introduced resolution that supports a 3% deficit-to-Gross Domestic Product (GDP) target. The... -
CBO Estimates $696 Billion Deficit for First Four Months of FY 2026
Read moreThe United States borrowed $696 billion in the first four months of Fiscal Year (FY) 2026, including $94 billion in January, according to the latest... -
JCT Projects Tax Expenditures Will Be $2.3T in 2026
Read moreThe Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) recently published their latest estimates of individual and corporate tax expenditures. In total, JCT projects... -
Maya MacGuineas: The Time to Start Voting About Social Security is Now
Read moreMaya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. She recently wrote an opinion piece for the Dallas Morning News, the... -
Student Loan Costs Drop to Near Record Lows After Reconciliation Reforms
Read moreNote: This analysis has been updated from the original version to better reflect the effect that the Biden SAVE plan had on subsidy rates over time... -
George Will Highlights Potential Dangerous Path Ahead
Read moreIn an opinion piece for The Washington Post, columnist George Will writes about the six paths to a fiscal disaster outlined in our recent paper, “... -
Marc Goldwein Discusses Potential Fiscal Crises on C-SPAN's "Washington Journal"
Read moreThe Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget's Senior Vice President & Senior Policy Director, Marc Goldwein, joined C-SPAN's "Washington Journal"...