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Event Recap: Better Budget Process Summit
Read moreOn February 26, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted the first annual Better Budget Process Summit on “Rebuilding Confidence in...
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The President's Budget Proposes Smart Health Savings
Read moreMuch of the health care discussion in President Trump's FY 2019 budget has focused on his $700 billion plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care...
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Updating the U.S. Budget Outlook
Read moreNote (4/30/2018): This paper was published before CBO's April 2018 baseline, which provides official estimates of the fiscal situation. For the...
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Budget Summit to Spur Action on Reform
Read moreFor Immediate Release The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget convened the first annual “ Better Budget Process Summit” Monday in Washington...
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Playing By the (Budget) Rules: Understanding and Preventing Budget Gimmicks
Read moreThe breakdown in the federal budget process and erosion of budget discipline have led to the increasingly pervasive reliance on budget gimmicks. While...
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WATCH: The Better Budget Process Summit
Read moreOn February 26, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted the first annual Better Budget Process Summit. This year’s summit featured an...
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CRFB Statement on Joint Select Committee Members
Read moreFor Immediate Release House leaders named several members Friday to the Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process Reform, a 16...
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Five Ways the Budget Process Has Failed
Read moreToday is the deadline for Congressional leaders to announce the Members of Congress serving on the Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations...
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Does the President's Budget Slash Social Security and Medicare?
Read moreSeveral lawmakers have claimed that President Trump's latest budget would " slash," " gut," and " devastate" Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid...
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Debt Could Be 20 Percent of GDP Higher than President's Budget Claims
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) typically publishes its own estimate of the President's budget about a month after the budget's initial release...
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A Short Primer on the Congressional Budget Office
Read moreWith the House and Senate recently undergoing oversight hearings of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), it's helpful to remember what CBO is and...
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An Overview of the President's FY 2019 Budget
Read moreMoments ago, President Trump released his Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 budget proposals, outlining his tax and spending proposals for the next decade. We...