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Apr 4, 2025

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Senate Budget Could Enable Unprecedented Deficit Increase

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Mar 13, 2025

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Other Spending

A $2 Trillion Cut Compared to $86 Trillion in Spending

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Apr 3, 2025

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Budgets & Projections

What’s in the Senate’s Concurrent FY 2025 Budget?

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Apr 23, 2025

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Budgets & Projections

Policymakers May Double Down on Baseline Manipulation

Policymakers are considering enacting several new tax cuts on top of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) extension in the forthcoming reconciliation bill...

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Apr 23, 2025

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Budget Process

2025 Reconciliation Tracker

Updated 4/16/25: On April 10, following action in the Senate, the House adopted a final concurrent budget resolution setting the stage for work on a...

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Apr 22, 2025

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Other Spending

The Department of Education Is Putting Student Loans Back on Track

The Department of Education announced yesterday a multi-pronged plan to restart collections on defaulted loans and begin an outreach campaign to...

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Apr 21, 2025

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Budgets & Projections

Taxes

Unpaid-for Tax Cuts Would Shrink Incomes, CBO Finds

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently found that extending the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) and adding $1.5 trillion in additional tax...

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Apr 18, 2025

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Taxes

Budget Process

2025 Reconciliation Resources

The 119th Congress is expected to use the reconciliation process to pass legislation with a significant fiscal impact, such as extending the expiring...

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Apr 17, 2025

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Budgets & Projections

Comparing the House vs. Senate on FY 2025 Reconciliation

The concurrent budget resolution for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 has been adopted by both the House and Senate. It includes reconciliation instructions that...

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US Budget Watch 2024

US Budget Watch 2024 is a project designed to educate the public on the fiscal impact of presidential candidates’ proposals...

Trust Fund Solutions

Some of our most important federal programs are financed through dedicated revenue sources and managed through federal trust...

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Other Spending

COVID Money Tracker

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