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Top 13 Fiscal Charts of 2024
Read moreIt was a busy year for fiscal policy in 2024, with a big focus on the presidential election. In addition to releasing a few major papers, we also...
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John Kasich: It’s finally time to tackle the national debt
Read moreJohn Kasich is a former governor of Ohio, former congressman representing the state, and director at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget...
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Lawmakers Add $380 Billion to the Debt in the Final Hours of 2024
Read moreWith the passage of the Social Security Fairness Act and the American Relief Act, Congress and the President approved $1 trillion in new ten-year debt...
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Reflections on the 2024 Ed Lorenzen Fiscal Internship
Read moreBy Olabisi Omoniyi-Alake The time that I have spent working at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) has been a transformative...
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Maya MacGuineas: The Biggest Budget Deadline No One Has Heard Of
Read moreMaya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. She recently wrote an opinion piece for the Washington Examiner , an...
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Deficit-Reducing Reconciliation Is Just What We Need
Read moreEarlier today, a group of 28 Members of Congress signed a letter to incoming Congressional leadership recommending a two-step reconciliation process...
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Kent Conrad: The Conrad Rule is the Answer to our Budget Reconciliation Woes
Read moreKent Conrad is a former senator, former Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, and a director of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He...
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Options to Raise Tariff Revenue
Read moreUpdate: The estimates below were made in December 2024. Since then, the Trump Administration enacted and implemented numerous tariffs, including a...
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Statement on the Passing of John Spratt
Read moreCongressman John Spratt, a former longtime Representative from South Carolina and a member of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, died...
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Medicaid Savings Options
Read moreUpdate: The offset options below were estimated prior to enactment of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) and have not been updated. Some options...
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Senate Will Soon Vote on Speeding Up Social Security Insolvency
Read moreSenate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced yesterday that the Senate would vote on the Social Security Fairness Act, which passed the House...
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Typical Couple Will Lose $25,000 of Social Security from WEP/GPO Repeal
Read moreLawmakers are considering the repeal of Social Security’s Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO). Not only would...