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CBO Scores the Limit, Save, Grow Act
Read moreUpdate (4/26/2023): The Congressional Budget Office released an estimate of the House Rules Committee amendments to the bill, reducing the savings of...
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Putting the Limit, Save, Grow Act in Context
Read moreThe Limit, Save, Grow Act would reduce deficits by about $4.5 trillion over the next decade, with $3.2 trillion of those savings coming from caps to...
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6 Ways to Reduce Health Care Costs
Read moreBy JOSH GORDON AND DARBIN WOFFORD This journal article originally appeared in the Milken Institute Review . Here’s some old news that, depressingly...
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ARCHIVE: What's in the Limit, Save, Grow Act?
Read moreUpdate (4/25/2023): The Congressional Budget Office has released an official score of the Limit, Save, Grow Act; read our analysis of that score here...
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House Offers a Serious Package of Savings
Read moreToday, House leadership put forward a framework to raise the debt limit while also reducing and capping the growth of discretionary spending...
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Rep. Golden Releases Fiscal Framework to Stabilize Debt
Read moreToday, Representative Jared Golden (D-ME) published a piece calling for lawmakers to raise the debt limit and then negotiate a responsible budget deal...
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Build Your Own Discretionary Budget
Read moreEach year, Congress must pass a new set of appropriations bills to fund the discretionary side of the budget and avoid a government shutdown. There...
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Breaking Down the Proposals in the President's FY 2024 Budget
Read moreThe FY 2024 President’s budget includes policy changes that it estimates would reduce budget deficits by $3 trillion over a decade, the net effect of...
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Treasury Reports $378 Billion Deficit in March
Read moreThe Treasury Department released its latest Monthly Treasury Statement today, showing that the United States borrowed $378 billion in the month of...
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Congress On Track to Miss Budget Deadline for 20th Year in a Row
Read moreThe statutory deadline for Congress to complete action on a concurrent budget resolution for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 is April 15. The budget process...
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CBO Estimates $1.1 Trillion Deficit For First 6 Months Of Fiscal Year 2023
Read moreIn the first six months of fiscal year 2023, the United States borrowed $1.1 trillion, with a $376 billion deficit in February, according to the...
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Event Recap: Checking in on the Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds
Read moreOn April 4, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted "Checking in on the Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds." The event featured...