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Maya MacGuineas's Testimony on Setting a Fiscal Goal
Read moreOn June 15, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas testified before the House Budget Committee on "Setting a Fiscal Goal...
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Entitlement Reform Proposals Offered by BPC and AEI
Read moreThe Bipartisan Policy Center’s (BPC’s) Commission on Retirement Security and Personal Savings released its recommendations to improve retirement...
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CRFB Turns 35 - We Are Old Enough to Remember When...
Read moreThe Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget was incorporated on June 10, 1981. Our 35th birthday is a good occasion to look back at some of the...
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Marc Goldwein: Alicia Munnell is wrong: Social Security needs a quick fix
Read moreMarc Goldwein is the Senior Vice President and Senior Policy Director of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He wrote an opinion piece...
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Welcome to the New CRFB Website
Read moreAfter months of hard work, we are welcoming vistors to our newly redesigned website. You might notice the bigger font, better images, and a...
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House Republicans Release Poverty Recommendations
Read moreThe House Republicans' Task Force on Poverty, Opportunity, and Upward Mobility released a report this week outlining recommendations for poverty...
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CBO Estimates Economic Effects of the President's Final Budget
Read moreIn addition to producing its own estimate of the budgetary effects of the President's budget, CBO typically estimates the economic effects of the...
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Social Security Cost Growth Should Be Slowed, Not Accelerated
Read moreIn a speech in Elkhart, Indiana on June 1, President Obama discussed retirement security, saying, "We can’t afford to weaken Social Security. We...
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McCain Amendment Would Undermine Appropriations Discipline
Read moreWhen the Senate considers this year's National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain (R-AZ) is...
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Zika Debate Provides An Opportunity to Discuss How Emergencies Are Funded
Read moreCurrently, Congress is debating if and how to provide emergency funding to fight the Zika virus. While the President has requested $1.9 billion in...
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How Much Do Donald Trump's Tax Cuts for Millionaires Cost?
Read moreDemocratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton recently released a fact sheet on her campaign website that criticizes Republican presidential...
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Maya MacGuineas: Donald’s dangerous debt-deficit delusion
Read moreMaya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt, wrote an op-ed that appeared in...