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John Kasich: It’s finally time to tackle the national debt
John 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
With 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
By 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
Maya 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
Earlier 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
Kent 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
Note: (02/13/2025) We are updating our estimate for Reciprocal Tariffs on Countries that Impose Tariffs on U.S. Exports; it has been removed in the...
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Statement on the Passing of John Spratt
Congressman 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
The Medicaid program – a joint federal-state program that provides health care to low-income populations – is projected to cost the federal government...
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Senate Will Soon Vote on Speeding Up Social Security Insolvency
Senate 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
Lawmakers are considering the repeal of Social Security’s Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO). Not only would...
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Event Recap – 2025: The Fiscal Challenges Ahead
On Tuesday, December 10, 2024, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted more than 130 people at an in-person event, " 2025: The Fiscal...