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Marc Goldwein: The Fed Needs a Helping Hand to Fight Inflation
Marc Goldwein is senior vice president and senior policy director of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He recently wrote an opinion...
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ARCHIVE #2: How Long Before Cancelled Student Debt Would Return?
Note: This analysis has been updated from the original version to reflect new estimates of how long it would take for the amount of student debt owed...
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Strategies to Lower Health Care Prices from KFF
Although most federal health spending goes to Medicare and Medicaid, the government is projected to lose over $350 billion of income and payroll tax...
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FixUS Poll: As July 4th Approaches, Patriotic Values Still Popular
In light of the pervasive political conflicts dominating national conversations, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget’s FixUS initiative, an...
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Six Ways to Fight Inflation
Personal Consumption Expenditure (PCE) inflation rose by 6.3 percent over the past year and 0.6 percent last month according to new data from the...
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Reducing Drug Prices and the Tax Gap
As lawmakers negotiate a possible reconciliation bill, they should look to offsets from the House-passed Build Back Better Act (BBB) to help fund new...
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CBO Estimates TCJA Extensions Could Cost Up to $2.7 Trillion
The Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) latest baseline spells out what the federal budget will look like under current law, but also estimates the...
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Senate Retirement Bill Would Cost $84 Billion Without Gimmicks
The Senate Finance Committee recently advanced the Enhancing American Retirement Now (EARN) Act, a bill designed to encourage private retirement...
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Appropriations 101
This paper has been updated here. What are appropriations? How does Congress determine the total level of appropriations? How does Congress allocate...
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Appropriations Watch: FY 2022
Updated 7/5/22: For news on the appropriations process for the upcoming fiscal year, please see Appropriations Watch: FY 2023. The Senate passed a...
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Fight Inflation by Lowering Deficits, Not Boosting Them
Yesterday, President Biden told reporters the Administration was nearing decisions on whether to cancel student debt by executive order and whether to...
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Representatives Lee and Pocan Introduce Defense Spending Cuts Legislation
Earlier this week, Defense Spending Reduction Caucus Co-Chairs Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Congressman Mark Pocan (D-WI) introduced the...