Budgets & Projections
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Congress Is Struggling to Produce a Budget, So Do It Yourself with Our Debt Fixer Tool
The federal budget is more than 3 months overdue and the national debt is headed towards record levels. Now, we provide you an opportunity to show...
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Mid-Session Review Shows How Much Worse the Deficit Has Gotten in the Past Year
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released the Mid-Session Review (MSR) last week, updating the President's FY 2019 budget projections with...
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Have Deficit Projections Doubled Because of the Tax Bill and BBA 2018?
Chairman 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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New White House Report Shows Deficit Projections Have Doubled
For Immediate Release The White House Office of Management and Budget released its annual mid-session review Friday, updating deficit projections in...
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Policymakers Should Support Deficit Reduction in Financial Services Spending Bill
For 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
Below 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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Budget Process Changes in the FY 2019 House Budget
The Fiscal Year 2019 House budget resolution contains a number of interesting budget process proposals. The budget passed out of committee last month...
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Congress Should Vote on the Budget
For Immediate Release The House Budget Committee passed a budget resolution last week, but lawmakers have not indicated when or if it will come to a...
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CBO Releases 2018 Long-Term Outlook
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just released its annual Long-Term Budget Outlook, which shows the United States is on an unsustainable fiscal...
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CBO's 2018 Long-Term Budget Outlook
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its 2018 Long-Term Budget Outlook today, reiterating the budget’s unsustainable long-term trajectory...
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How the House Could Meet the Budget Resolution's Reconciliation Instructions
The FY 2019 House budget resolution calls for $6.5 trillion of policy savings over ten years, but the true action is in the reconciliation...
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Goldman Sachs Warns that the US Fiscal Outlook is “Not Good”
In a report released last month by Goldman Sachs, Chief Economist Jan Hatzius describes the U.S. fiscal outlook as “not good.” If left unchanged, the...