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Making Trust Funds Solvent Would Substantially Reduce Debt Growth
Read moreIn July, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projected that federal debt held by the public would nearly double as a share of the economy over three...
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Congress Should Avoid Budget-Busting Omnibus
Read moreCongressional negotiators are apparently discussing a Fiscal Year 2023 omnibus appropriations bill of $1.65 trillion or higher, which would represent...
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Increased Year-End Health Care Spending Could Worsen Inflation
Read morePolicymakers are currently discussing a number of policy changes for potential inclusion in an end-of-year package attached to government funding that...
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Maya MacGuineas: Here’s A Blueprint For Tackling America’s Crippling National Debt
Read moreMaya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently wrote an opinion...
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Budget Experts Urge Congress: No New Borrowing for Remainder of 2022
Read moreToday budget experts from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, Concord Coalition, Progressive Policy Institute, and R Street Institute sent...
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Maya MacGuineas: Washington should make a pledge: No new debt for the rest of 2022
Read moreMaya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently wrote an opinion...
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Student Loan Pause Could Cost $275 Billion
Read moreNote: (11/22/2022): The Department of Education announced it would extend the pause to the sooner of 60 days after resolution of the student debt...
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Year-End Borrowing Could Worsen Deficits and Inflation
Read moreWith inflation surging and debt approaching record levels, policymakers should avoid worsening the deficit and should at least pledge to add no new...
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Maya MacGuineas: Can Congress go 44 days without piling on more debt?
Read moreMaya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently wrote an opinion...
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EARN Act Would Cost $80 Billion Without Gimmicks
Read moreThis analysis is an update to a previous analysis of the Enhancing American Retirement Now Act to account for the introduction of the legislation...
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New Projection: Federal Debt Will Reach Record Levels Sooner Than Expected
Read moreThe nation’s fiscal and economic outlook has deteriorated substantially since the last Congressional Budget Office (CBO) baseline in May, when CBO...
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Policymakers Should Commit To No New Borrowing In 2022
Read moreLawmakers are contemplating a year-end package that could include increased appropriations along with a variety of tax breaks and spending increases...