Appropriations
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We Need Functional, Not Budget-Busting, Bipartisanship
Read moreThe House and Senate appear to be moving through the appropriations process better and faster than any time in at least the last nine years. Congress...
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Have Deficit Projections Doubled Because of the Tax Bill and BBA 2018?
Read moreChairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) appeared on Fox Business this morning, where he was asked about CRFB's analysis...
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Policymakers Should Support Deficit Reduction in Financial Services Spending Bill
Read moreFor Immediate Release The House is expected to vote this week on a minibus appropriations bill that includes the Financial Services and General...
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Letter to the Veterans Affairs Conference Committee
Read moreBelow is a letter from CRFB President Maya MacGuineas to the conferees appointed to negotiate between the House and Senate versions of the Veterans...
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Does the Rescissions Bill Cut $15 Billion in Spending?
Read moreThe President recently updated and revised his request to rescind some spending, removing some cuts from the proposal and clarifying others. The...
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The Omnibus Spent More than Either Side Asked For
Read moreThe Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (BBA) increased this year's discretionary spending caps by a whopping $143 billion, paving the way for a 13 percent...
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Omnibus Spends $110 Billion Above New Budget Caps
Read moreLast week's omnibus spending bill enacted a 13 percent increase in base appropriations, spending virtually all of the additional $143 billion allowed...
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Appropriations Watch: FY 2018
Read moreCongress has completed action on omnibus appropriations legislation. The House and Senate passed the omnibus bill, and President Trump signed the...
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Where Does the Higher Spending in the Omnibus Go?
Read morePolicymakers recently announced an omnibus appropriations bill to fund the government for the remaining six months of Fiscal Year 2018. The bill funds...
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Maya MacGuineas: Federal Budget Increasingly Tilted Against Investment in Children
Read moreMaya MacGuineas is president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently...
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Trillion-Dollar Deficits Could Return Next Year, But A Deal Could Make Them Worse
Read moreTrillion-dollar deficits will return next year, and a budget deal in the coming weeks could make them much worse. The continuing resolution (CR) that...
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Three-Week Funding Deal Includes $30 Billion in Tax Cuts
Read moreLawmakers came to a bipartisan agreement to end the federal government shutdown yesterday, but it came with a very high price. The continuing...