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Continued Inflation Highlights Danger of More Deficits
Read moreThe Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation — the personal consumption expenditure (PCE) index — came in at 0.3 percent in January, twice the...
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“Current Policy Baseline” Gimmick Could Explode the Debt
Read moreAs the House and Senate work to land on a concurrent budget resolution, Congress may consider trying to measure their reconciliation bills relative to...
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House Budget Passage Tees Up Trillions in Borrowing
Read moreThe House of Representatives just voted to approve its Fiscal Year 2025 budget resolution, a vehicle to allow for budget reconciliation legislation...
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Maya MacGuineas on Bloomberg TV's "Balance of Power"
Read moreCommittee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas recently appeared on Bloomberg TV's "Balance of Power" with hosts Joe Mathieu and...
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Maya MacGuineas: The Drivers of our Debt and the Empty Rhetoric of Politics Today
Read moreMaya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. She recently wrote an opinion piece for the Ripon Forum , an excerpt...
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House Budget Allows At Least $2.8 Trillion of Deficit Increases
Read moreThe House of Representatives will soon consider a budget resolution for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025, which was reported favorably out of the House Budget...
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Options for Student Loan Savings
Read moreUpdate: The offset options below were estimated prior to enactment of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) and have not been updated. OBBBA replaced...
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Hundreds of Billions in Medicaid Savings from Financing Schemes
Read moreThe budget resolution approved by the House Budget Committee last week includes reconciliation instructions for the Energy and Commerce Committee to...
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What’s in the Senate Budget Committee’s Budget Resolution?
Read moreThe Senate Budget Committee recently reported out a budget resolution for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 through 2034 and will soon consider it in the full...
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Maya MacGuineas on CNBC's "Power Lunch"
Read moreCommittee president Maya MacGuineas recently appeared on CNBC's "Power Lunch" to discuss waste, fraud, and abuse in the federal budget, efforts to...
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House Budget Allows for Too Much Debt
Read moreThe House Budget Committee reported out a Fiscal Year 2025 budget resolution last week that would facilitate reconciliation legislation permitting $2...
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House Reconciliation Instructions Sets Stage for Way Too Much Borrowing
Read moreThe House Budget Committee released a proposed budget resolution for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 today. The budget resolution includes reconciliation...