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Maya MacGuineas: How House Republicans Could Attract Bipartisan Support on Entitlement Savings
Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt, wrote a commentary that...
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Fact Sheet: How much waste, fraud, and abuse is there in Social Security?
• The Social Security Trustees estimate that reducing benefits to restore solvency would require an immediate 16.4 percent benefit cut – the...
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Four Fiscal FactChecks from the Past Month
As the 2016 Presidential primary season rolls on, CRFB continues to fact check the candidates on budget-related statements made during the campaign on...
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Comparing the Major Republican Candidates on the Budget
In preparation for upcoming Republican debates, we have put together a primer detailing the candidates’ positions on issues relating to the budget.
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Will Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and Interest Take up 83% of Spending in Five Years?
During the February 25 Republican presidential debate, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) said: I want to go back to this question you asked about the debt. This...
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Would Reducing Fraud Make Social Security Solvent?
At the 7th Republican presidential debate, Donald Trump stated that he would “save Social Security” by reducing its “tremendous waste, fraud, and...
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Sen. Lankford and Sen. Manchin Ask For Continued Reform on the SSDI Program
Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) sent a letter Thursday to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Ranking...
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Social Security, Medicare, & Interest Drive 3/4 of Spending Growth
The deficit will grow from less than $550 billion in 2016 to $1.4 trillion in 2026, according to this week's report by the Congressional Budget Office...
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Maya MacGuineas: Modernizing Social Security and Medicare Starts with Leadership
Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt, was interviewed by the George W...
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CBO Releases Detailed Social Security Projections
As it often does in December, CBO has released its detailed long-term projections for Social Security that build off the ones released with their long...
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Gene Steuerle: Recent Social Security reform doesn’t fix unfair spousal benefits
The budget compromise forged by Congress and the Obama administration at the end of last month makes two fundamental changes in Social Security.
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Sen. Lankford's SSDI Amendment Continues Progress on Improving the Program
During last week's debate on the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) offered up an amendment making many further changes to the...