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Maya MacGuineas on Fox News' "Special Report"
Read moreCommittee for a Responsible Federal Budget President Maya MacGuineas recently joined Fox News' "Special Report" with Bret Baier to discuss the annual...
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Social Security and Medicare Trustees Confirm Trust Funds Need Saving
Read moreThe Trustees for Social Security and Medicare released their annual report on the status of the trust funds today. The Trustees project the Medicare...
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Social Security and Medicare Trustees Release 2024 Reports
Read moreThe Social Security and Medicare Trustees just released their annual reports on the financial status of the Social Security and Medicare programs. The...
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Fix the Debt Awards 2024 Fiscal Heroes
Read moreWe are pleased to recognize the Fiscal Heroes of the 118th Congress. The following is a statement from Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for...
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The Total Cost of Student Debt Cancellation
Read moreIncluding the Biden Administration’s new student debt cancellation plan, we estimate all recent student debt cancellation policies will cost a...
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Introducing the CRFB Debt Thermometer
Read moreFiscal policy has profound consequences on the economic health and national security of the country. Yet little is done to track the effects of...
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Appropriations Watch: FY 2024
Read moreNote: For the latest fiscal year, click here . Updated 4/24/2024: On Tuesday, April 23, the Senate passed a package of national security-oriented...
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What's in the Latest House National Security Supplementals?
Read moreThe House of Representatives is set to soon vote on a series of national security-related supplemental appropriations bills. Three of the bills...
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Interest Rates Surge Near Record Highs
Read moreInterest rates are once again on the rise across nearly every maturity. The ten-year Treasury note closed at 4.7 percent on Tuesday, up from 4.1...
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Tim Penny & David Minge: Taxes increasingly paying for the past - not the future
Read moreTim Penny is co-chair and David Minge is a an emeritus board member of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. Both are former representatives...
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Student Debt Plan Would Add Hundreds of Billions to Deficit
Read moreThe Biden Administration recently announced a new plan to cancel student debt for up to 30 million borrowers and released a preliminary rule this...
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2017 Tax Cuts Continue to Lose Revenue
Read moreUPDATE (June 2024): This analysis has been updated for CBO's June 2024 baseline update . The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated the Tax Cuts...