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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...
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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, “...
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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"...
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CRFB Statement on Overdue President’s FY 2027 Budget
Read moreUnder the law, the President is required to submit his budget for the upcoming fiscal year today, on the first Monday in February. However, there are...
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ACA Subsidy Extension Tracker
Read moreWith the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced subsidies set to expire soon, several policymakers have proposed plans to extend the enhancements. You can...
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Event Recap: Fourth Annual Health Solutions Summit
Read moreDespite a recent ice storm, over 200 people turned out for hot chocolate and health policy on January 28, 2026 for the Committee for a Responsible...
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Congress Could End Government Shutdown Drama Once and For All
Read moreGovernment funding will expire on January 30, 2026, at which point agencies funded under six of the 12 appropriations bills currently operating under...
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OMB Confirms Congressional Punt on PAYGO
Read moreThis week the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released its annual report required under the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) Act of 2010...
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Trump CEA Projections Tracker
Read moreBefore the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), the White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) released economic and fiscal...
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Bill Frist and G. William Hoagland: Reforming the reconciliation process
Read moreG. William Hoagland is Senior Vice President at the Bipartisan Policy Center and a director at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He...
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Government Shutdowns Q&A: Everything You Should Know
Read moreFiscal Year (FY) 2026 began with the longest government shutdown in modern history, lasting from October 1, 2025 through November 12, 2025. On...
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New Data Suggests MA Overpayments of $1.2 Trillion Over the Next Decade
Read moreThe Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) estimated that the Medicare Advantage (MA) program will be overpaid by roughly $76 billion in 2026...