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Burchett and Case Reintroduce RAFT Act
Read moreEstablishing fiscal goals, including debt targets, is one proactive way to begin to tackle our nation's unsustainable fiscal situation. Legislation...
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Alexander Holt's Senate Testimony on Student Debt's Burden on Borrowers and the Economy
Read moreOn April 13, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget policy analyst Alexander Holt testified at the Senate Banking Subcommittee on Economic Policy...
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Congress Must Get Back to Budgeting
Read moreFor Immediate Release Despite the growth in the national debt and trillions of dollars in borrowing in the last five years, Congress is increasingly...
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Options to Pay For the American Jobs Plan
Read morePresident Biden's American Jobs Plan would cost about $2.65 trillion over the next decade. By our estimates – and before considering pay-fors – this...
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Watch: Committee Policy Analyst Alexander Holt Testifies on Student Debt's Burden on Borrowers and the Economy
Read moreOn April 13, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget policy analyst Alexander Holt testified before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and...
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What Would the American Jobs Plan Mean for the Debt?
Read moreRecently, President Joe Biden unveiled his American Jobs Plan focused on upgrading and repairing America’s physical infrastructure, investing in...
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Maya MacGuineas on PBS Firing Line Discussing the National Debt
Read moreCommittee for a Responsible Federal Budget President Maya MacGuineas recently appeared on PBS Firing Line. She joined host Margaret Hoover and former...
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Committee Reacts to Biden Administration’s Discretionary Budget
Read moreFor Immediate Release The Biden administration today released a budget proposal for discretionary spending levels for fiscal year 2022 , which...
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President Biden's FY 2022 Discretionary Budget
Read moreToday, the Biden Administration released an abridged version of the President’s budget. This partial budget details proposed allocations and plans for...
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CBO Reports $658 Billion Deficit for March
Read moreFor Immediate Release The United States’ budget deficit for March totaled $658 billion, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). It is the...
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Event Recap: New Ideas to Lower Health Care Costs
Read moreOn Wednesday, March 17, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted a virtual event “ New Ideas to Lower Health Care Costs." The event was...
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What's in President Biden's American Jobs Plan?
Read moreOn Wednesday, President Joe Biden unveiled the second part of his "Build Back Better" agenda – the American Jobs Plan – focused on upgrading and...