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Marc Goldwein: Pulling Levers to Prevent Cuts to Social Security Benefits
Read moreMarc Goldwein is senior vice president and senior policy director of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He was recently featured in a...
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John Kasich and Leon Panetta: The Fiscal Responsibility Act is Only a First Step Toward Truly Responsible Spending and Debt Reduction
Read moreJohn Kasich and Leon Panetta are former Members of Congress and a Director and Co-Chair, respectively, of the Committee for a Responsible Federal...
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The Post-FRA Fiscal Outlook
Read moreThe nation's fiscal outlook has improved slightly since the last Congressional Budget Office (CBO) baseline in May, thanks to the $1.5 trillion of ten...
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Time to Fix Medicaid Financing Schemes
Read moreThis paper is part of a series on Medicaid financing. Other papers in the series discuss provider taxes and supplemental payments . Medicaid is...
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RSC Releases FY 2024 Budget Proposal
Read moreThe Republican Study Committee (RSC) recently released its annual budget proposal for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024, covering the upcoming fiscal year and the...
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Congress is Trying to Have it Both Ways with Telehealth
Read more6/26/23 Update: The Congressional Budget Office released a cost estimate of the legislation allowing telehealth to be covered pre-deductible in HDHPs...
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Gross National Debt Reaches $32 Trillion
Read moreThe gross national debt of the United States surpassed $32 trillion yesterday. It was just over eight months ago when the federal government eclipsed...
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Reintroduction of the Fiscal State of the Nation Resolution
Read moreRepresentatives Andy Barr (R-KY) and Scott Peters (D-CA) reintroduced the Fiscal State of the Nation resolution in the House in conjunction with...
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Announcing US Budget Watch 2024
Read moreThe Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget launched US Budget Watch 2024 today, a project to educate the public on issues related to the 2024...
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Major Challenges Await the Next Administration
Read moreUS Budget Watch 2024 is a project of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget designed to educate the public on the fiscal impact of...
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Senators Introduce Thoughtful Higher Education Package
Read moreMembers of the Senate HELP Committee, led by Ranking Member Bill Cassidy (R-LA), along with Chuck Grassley (R-IA), John Cornyn (R-TX), Tim Scott (R-SC...
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W&M Tax Bill Undermines FRA Savings
Read moreThe American Families and Jobs Act (AFJA) that recently passed the House Ways and Means Committee would add $320 billion to the deficit over the next...