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MacGuineas Testifies Before Senate Subcommittee
Read moreMaya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, testified before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs...
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Maya MacGuineas's Testimony on Continuing Resolutions, Omnibuses, and Shutdowns
Read moreOn February 6, 2018, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas testified before the Senate Homeland Security and...
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Post-State of the Union Fact Check Roundup
Read moreThe President's first State of the Union address included several claims related to the recently passed tax legislation, including a few repeat claims...
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Debt-O is Back for the State of the Union Address!
Read morePresident Donald Trump will give his first State of the Union address tonight at 9 p.m. ET. CRFB will be live tweeting the speech, providing analysis...
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President Trump Fails to Address Growing National Debt in State of the Union Speech
Read moreFor Immediate Release President Donald Trump delivered his first State of the Union address on Tuesday. Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee...
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IMF: Tax Bill's Boost to Growth is Short-Term
Read moreThis week, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released a new estimate of economic growth, revising their short-term estimate upwards because of the...
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Maya MacGuineas: Wake Up: The Current Fiscal Free-for-All is Untenable
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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Trillion-Dollar Deficits Could Return Next Year, But A Deal Could Make Them Worse
Read moreTrillion-dollar deficits will return next year, and a budget deal in the coming weeks could make them much worse. The continuing resolution (CR) that...
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$30 Billion in Debt is a High Price to Reopen the Government
Read moreFor Immediate Release The House and Senate have passed a short-term continuing resolution extending discretionary funding through February 8. The...
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Three-Week Funding Deal Includes $30 Billion in Tax Cuts
Read moreLawmakers came to a bipartisan agreement to end the federal government shutdown yesterday, but it came with a very high price. The continuing...
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Shutdown is a National Embarrassment
Read moreFor Immediate Release Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, said the following about the government shutdown...
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President Trump's Fiscal Record So Far
Read moreAs the first year of the Trump Presidency closes, it is worth taking a look at how the fiscal health of the country has changed since President Trump...