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AHCA Manager's Amendments Will Likely Cut Deficit Reduction in Half
Read moreThe House Rules Committee released two manager's amendments to the American Health Care Act (AHCA) late Monday evening in advance of their scheduled... -
Maya MacGuineas and Robert L. Bixby: Trump's "skinny budget" gets an incomplete
Read moreMaya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt, and Robert L. Bixby, executive... -
AHCA Saves Money, But Could Make Getting to Balance Harder
Read moreHouse Republican leaders have introduced an ACA replacement bill, the American Health Care Act (AHCA), which the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)... -
Obamacare Replacement Could Save $2 Trillion Over Two Decades
Read moreUpdate (3/23/2017): These numbers are relevant for the original version of the American Health Care Act. An amended version was released on March 20... -
MacGuineas Explains the President's "Skinny Budget" and the Debt Ceiling on NBC and Fox
Read moreCRFB President Maya MacGuineas appeared on NBC and Fox News yesterday to discuss President Trump's new "skinny budget" and the debt limit. On Nightly... -
President Trump's FY 2018 "Skinny Budget"
Read moreThe Trump Administration today released its "skinny budget," which details its plans for defense and non-defense discretionary spending for Fiscal... -
Statement on Trump's Skinny Budget
Read morePresident Trump’s administration released its “skinny” budget today with a plan to release further details in the coming months. The skinny budget... -
House Health Care Bill Would Accelerate Medicare Insolvency to 2023
Read moreDespite the fact that the AHCA would reduce deficits, it would prove fiscally harmful in one area: Medicare solvency. -
Is it Time to Enact Postal Reform?
Read moreA bipartisan proposal aimed at putting the postal service on better financial ground has been gaining traction in recent weeks. The United States... -
Q&A: Everything You Should Know About the Debt Ceiling - Mar 2017
Read moreNote: We have updated this Q&A. A new version is available here. Attention is turning towards raising the federal debt ceiling, which will be... -
The Need to Lift the Debt Ceiling
Read moreTonight, the current suspension of the nation’s debt ceiling will end and the ceiling will be restored to current debt levels. According to... -
Update: The Cost of Rising Interest Rates
Read moreOver the next decade, interest payments on the debt are projected to be the fastest growing part of the federal budget. Last year, the federal...