The House is set to consider the Senate-passed reconciliation bill. Below we outline 15 major problems with the Senate-passed bill. 1. Adds $4.1...

The Senate has passed its version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 reconciliation bill – the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). The table below is a...

In addition to adding an extra $1.1 trillion to the national debt above the House bill to a total of over $4.1 trillion, the Senate-passed One Big...

The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget's Senior Vice President and Senior Policy Director, Marc Goldwein, recently appeared on CBS Evening...

Update (7/2/2025): The analysis below has been updated based CBO's initial estimate of the Senate-passed bill and JCT's estimate of the Senate-passed...

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just published their “current policy” score of the Senate reconciliation bill, showing the bill would add about...

The latest Senate version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) would likely add roughly $4 trillion to the national debt, including interest. 1...

Although initially excluding any increase in the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap from its bill, the latest Senate bill proposes even more...

Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas recently joined the Prof G Markets podcast with hosts Scott Galloway and Ed Elson...

The Social Security and Medicare Trustees estimated in their 2025 annual reports on the programs that the retirement and hospital trust funds will...