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Amy Klobuchar’s Plan to “Govern with Fiscal Responsibility”
Read moreDemocratic presidential candidate Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) put forward a Plan for the Future of Work and a Changing Economy in December. The plan...
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State of the Union Ignores Trillion-Dollar Deficits
Read moreFor Immediate Release President Trump delivered his third State of the Union Address last night. Notably absent from his speech was any mention of...
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GAO: Fiscal Sustainability Is a Growing Concern for Some Key Federal Trust Funds
Read moreLast week, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on the financial health of the nation’s federal trust funds. Requested by...
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Analysis of CBO’s Budget and Economic Outlook (January 2020)
Read moreToday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its January 2020 Budget and Economic Outlook, projecting the return of trillion-dollar deficits...
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CBO's Budget Projections Show Deteriorating Fiscal Outlook
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just released its latest Budget and Economic Outlook, which shows trillion-dollar deficits returning permanently...
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The Return of Trillion-Dollar Deficits
Read moreFor Immediate Release The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its Budget and Economic Outlook for the next decade this afternoon, which warned...
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Bipartisan, Bicameral Group Requests CBO to Include Debt Servicing Impact in Legislative Cost Estimates
Read moreSenator Mike Lee (R-UT) and Representatives Ed Case (D-HI) and Michael Cloud (R-TX), in a bipartisan and bicameral group of 68 lawmakers, this week...
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FixUS Initiative Launches to Better Understand & Address Growing National Divisions
Read moreFor Immediate Release The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget is launching FixUS, a new project to better understand and address the political...
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President Trump has Signed $4.7 Trillion of Debt into Law
Read moreOur US Budget Watch 2020 project analyzes, estimates, and explains the fiscal implications of proposals introduced during the presidential campaigns...
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Cassidy Criticizes Process and Results of Budget Deal
Read moreSenator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) in an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal a few weeks ago criticized last month's appropriations deal for both its rushed and...
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Maya MacGuineas: A Resolution for Congress in 2020 – Make Better Fiscal Policy Decisions
Read moreMaya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently wrote an opinion...
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Our Top Fiscal Charts of 2019
Read more2019 was a busy year for budget policy, which gave us ample opportunities to conduct substantive policy analysis using charts and tables. This year...