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Spending Deal Sets Dangerous Precedent
Read moreFor Immediate Release Congressional leaders unveiled late Wednesday a bipartisan spending agreement to fund the government through the remainder of...
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Where Does the Higher Spending in the Omnibus Go?
Read morePolicymakers recently announced an omnibus appropriations bill to fund the government for the remaining six months of Fiscal Year 2018. The bill funds...
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Rising Rates Could Further Balloon Interest Spending
Read moreNote (5/15/2018): This blog was published before CBO's April 2018 baseline, which provides official estimates of the amount of interest that will be...
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Maya MacGuineas: America's Debt Crisis is Coming – Interest Payments Will Hit a Trillion Dollars a Year
Read moreMaya MacGuineas is president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently...
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Budget Process Reform Options
Read moreWith the appointment of the Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process Reform, focus is rightfully on how to fix our broken budget...
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Interest Spending Is On Course to Quadruple
Read moreThe fastest growing part of the federal budget is interest on the debt – payments made to service previous borrowing. While interest had already been...
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Maya MacGuineas's Testimony on Tax Extenders
Read moreOn March 14, 2018, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas testified before the House Ways and Means Tax Policy...
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WATCH: MacGuineas Testifies Before Ways & Means Tax Policy Subcommittee
Read moreMaya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, testified before the House Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee on tax...
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Maya MacGuineas to Testify Before Two Congressional Committees on Wednesday
Read moreCommittee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas will testify before two House Committees on Wednesday, March 14 on two important...
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Maya MacGuineas's Testimony on CBO Oversight: Perspectives from Outside Experts
Read moreOn March 14, 2018, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas testified before the House Budget Committee on "CBO Oversight...
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WATCH: MacGuineas Testifies Before House Budget Committee
Read moreMaya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, testified before the House Budget Committee on CBO Oversight on...
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Maya MacGuineas: Federal Budget Increasingly Tilted Against Investment in Children
Read moreMaya MacGuineas is president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently...