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Administration Is Engaging in Backdoor Student Debt Cancellation
Read moreThe Education Department announced today that they will quadruple the auto-pay incentive to reduce a student loan borrower’s interest rate by 1... -
GAO Calls for ‘Urgent and Sustained Action’ on National Debt
Read moreIn its new report, “ The Nation’s Fiscal Health,” the Government Accountability Office (GAO) projects the national debt will rise to 251 percent of... -
Intergovernmental Transfers (IGTs) Can Inflate Federal Medicaid Matching Funds
Read moreThe Medicaid program provides health insurance to roughly 70 million lower-income Americans and is jointly financed by states and the federal... -
Maya MacGuineas: Social Security and Medicare are unsustainable. Kansas, Missouri need action
Read moreMaya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. She recently wrote an opinion piece for the Kansas City Star, an... -
Reconciliation 3.0 Should Be For Deficit Reduction
Read moreAs lawmakers begin discussions over advancing a third budget reconciliation bill in the 119 th Congress, they should keep focus on the country’s... -
Event Recap: Checking in on the Social Security & Medicare Trust Funds
Read moreOn June 10, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted an online webinar, Checking in on the Social Security & Medicare Trust Funds. The... -
Appropriations Watch: FY 2026
Read moreNote: For the latest fiscal year, click here . Updated 6/11/26: On April 30, the House passed a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill... -
Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Create Commission to Address Social Security Insolvency
Read moreRepresentatives Tom Cole (R-OK) and Thomas Suozzi (D-NY) recently introduced the Bipartisan Social Security Commission Act, legislation that would... -
Treasury Confirms $1.2 Trillion Deficit for First 8 Months of FY 2026
Read moreThe United States borrowed $1.2 trillion in the first eight months of Fiscal Year (FY) 2026, including $293 billion in May, according to the latest... -
Trustees Warn Social Security and Medicare Are Approaching Insolvency
Read moreThe Trustees for Social Security and Medicare just released their annual reports, showing a significant deterioration in the financial states of both... -
Analysis of the 2026 Medicare Trustees' Report
Read moreThe Medicare and Social Security Trustees released their annual reports on the financial status of the trust funds, showing both face serious... -
Analysis of the 2026 Social Security Trustees' Report
Read moreThe Social Security and Medicare Trustees released their annual reports today on the financial status of the programs. The Trustees find that these...