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Rescinding $20 billion of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) funding would ultimately add over $30 billion to the deficit, including $24 billion through...

The Biden Administration just released its Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 budget proposal, outlining some of the President's tax and spending priorities for...

Committee president Maya MacGuineas recently joined "Bloomberg Markets" with host Sonali Basak to offer breaking analysis of President Biden's Fiscal...

The federal budget deficit totaled $1.8 trillion over the past 12 months, up $36 billion from the 12-month period ending in January and up $107...

In last night's State of the Union Address, President Biden made a number of claims related to the budget deficit. We've fact-checked three of those...

The Senate is expected to vote this week on a bill ( S.3853) to dramatically expand the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) created to...

UPDATE: On May 10, 2024, the Congressional Budget Office estimated the College Cost Reduction Act would save $185 billion over a decade, including...

The cost of the Pell Grant program already exceeds its funding. A recently announced change from the Department of Education, made due to an error in...

The Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) February 2024 Budget and Economic Outlook projects that the national debt will exceed its record as a share of...

This week, the American Road & Transportation Builders Association led a coalition letter to leadership asking for a fiscal commission to be included...

In discussing another potential term in office, last month, former President Donald Trump declared, "we’re going to pay off our debt.” President Trump...

The Pell Grant program helps low-income students to fund their education by offering them up to $7,395 per year to fund tuition and other expenses...