Budgets & Projections
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The Republican Study Committee's Budget "Securing America's Future Economy"
Read moreAs the House and Senate move forward in considering the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 budget over the next few weeks, the Republican Study Committee (RSC)...
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Ed Rendell and Judd Gregg: Playing Politics with the Nation’s Financial Future
Read moreEd Rendell and Judd Gregg are co-chairs of the Fix the Debt Campaign, a project of CRFB. Judd Gregg, a former Republican senator from New Hampshire...
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Q&A: Everything You Should Know About the Debt Ceiling - Sep 2017
Read moreThis Q&A has been updated. See here for the latest version. One issue that must be addressed this month is the federal debt ceiling, which was...
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The Fed's Effect on Deficits and Debt
Read moreAs monetary policy watchers descend upon Jackson Hole, Wyoming, for the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s annual economic policy symposium, we...
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The FY 2018 House Budget and Budget Gimmicks
Read moreThe House Budget Committee recently passed a Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 budget resolution that proposes a path to a balanced budget after ten years...
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Mike Murphy: House Budget Rightfully Recognizes Threat of Oversized Debt
Read moreMike Murphy, the Chief of Staff and Director of Strategic Initiatives at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, wrote an op-ed that is...
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$200 Billion in Mandatory Savings Should Not Be Too Difficult
Read moreOne of the debates preceding the House Budget resolution was whether the resolution should call for $200 billion of mandatory savings. This week's...
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Options for Meeting the House Budget's Reconciliation Instructions
Read moreThe Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 House budget resolution includes reconciliation instructions requiring 11 House committees to report legislation that...
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House Budget Committee Releases FY 2018 Budget
Read moreHouse Budget Committee Chairman Diane Black (R-TN) today released the Chairman’s mark of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 House budget resolution. The budget...
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House GOP Budget a Solid First Step, But More Work is Needed
Read moreFor Immediate Release The House Budget Committee released its Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 budget resolution Tuesday that calls for balancing the budget over...
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CBO’s Analysis of the President’s FY 2018 Budget
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its estimate of the President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 budget, using its own assumptions to evaluate the...
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How Might CBO Estimate the President's Budget?
Read moreWhen the President released his budget in May, the Administration estimated it would reach balance after a decade and reduce the debt-to-GDP ratio...