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Analysis of CBO's June 2023 Long-Term Budget Outlook
Read moreToday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its June 2023 Long-Term Budget Outlook, projecting that the national debt is on an unsustainable...
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CBO Releases June 2023 Long-Term Budget Outlook
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just released its June 2023 Long-Term Budget Outlook that projects the nation's fiscal future over the next...
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Long-Term Projections Paint a Bleak Fiscal Picture
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its Long-Term Budget Outlook today, which shows debt rising to 181 percent of GDP by 2053 under CBO’s...
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Maya MacGuineas on Bloomberg's "Balance of Power"
Read moreCommittee president Maya MacGuineas recently joined Bloomberg's "Balance of Power" to discuss the latest Long-Term Budget Outlook from the...
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Rep. Grothman Introduces Bill to Enforce FY 2026-2029 Spending Caps
Read moreRepresentative Glenn Grothman (R-WI) recently introduced the Enforce the Caps Act in the House, along with nearly a dozen co-sponsors. The legislation...
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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...