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PBS NewsHour Piece on CRFB's Latest Analysis
Read moreMaya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, wrote a column that appeared in PBS NewsHour's Making Sen$e. It is...
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Maya MacGuineas: Social Security: focus on solvency first
Read moreMaya MacGuineas, president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt, wrote an op-ed that...
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Promises and Price Tags: A Fiscal Guide to the 2016 Election
Read moreNOTE: This is an old version of this analysis and contains out-of-date estimates with policies proposed through June 24, 2016. It has been updated...
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Bipartisan Group of Senators Introduce Fiscal Commission Bill
Read moreSenators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Mark Kirk (R-IL), and David Perdue (R-GA) recently introduced legislation that would create a bipartisan National...
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A Quick Take on the 2016 Social Security Trustees Report
Read moreThe Social Security and Medicare Trustees have released their reports on the financial state of their respective programs. With regards to Social...
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Analysis of the 2016 Social Security Trustees Report
Read moreToday, the Social Security and Medicare Trustees released their annual reports on the financial status of each program. The projections show that both...
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Prescriptions for Controlling Health Care Costs: Statement by Maya MacGuineas on House Republican Health Care Release
Read moreHouse Republicans took an important step today in issuing their recommendations for health care cost control in the proposal they released as part of...
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Judd Gregg: The Silver Lining
Read moreGood news: There is today — right now — a bipartisan working group headed by Sens. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) that is trying...
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Maya MacGuineas: George Voinovich's remarkable legacy of fiscal responsibility
Read moreMaya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt, wrote an opinion piece that...
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The Need for Fiscal Goals
Read moreThe House Budget Committee held a hearing on Wednesday (June 15, 2016) on budget process reform and the need for fiscal goals. CRFB president Maya...
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Maya MacGuineas: In Two Social Security Reports, Ways to Reduce Senior Poverty Without Broad Benefit Cuts
Read moreMaya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, wrote a commentary that appeared in the Wall Street Journal Washington...
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Senators Cotton and Lee Propose Ideas to Strengthen SSDI
Read moreSenators Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced legislation recently to help improve the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program...