Debt Ceiling
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Pairing Debt Limit Reform with Budget Goals
Read moreA recent bipartisan House letter from 30 Democrats and 30 Republicans requests budget reforms in forthcoming legislation, such as combining debt limit...
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Letter to Senate Budget Committee: Advance Bipartisan Budget Improvements
Read moreBelow is a letter sent today from Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas to Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi...
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With Debt Limit Reinstated, It's Time for Reform
Read moreAs lawmakers go to conference for the tax bill, an important issue has flown under the radar. The debt limit was reinstated on December 9 after the...
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Maya MacGuineas: Don’t Get Rid of the Debt Ceiling. Reform It.
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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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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Maya MacGuineas: Take It from a Fiscal Hawk: Raise the Debt Ceiling
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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A Mini-Bargain to Improve the Budget
Read moreA new version of this paper exists that was updated to include savings for disaster relief. The national debt is currently at its highest share of the...
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Looming Debt Limit Debate Offers Opportunity for Meaningful Reform
Read moreThe debt limit was quietly reinstated on March 16. The budget deal in November 2015 suspended the debt limit through March 15, 2017, and reinstated...
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Q&A: Everything You Should Know About the Debt Ceiling - Mar 2017
Read moreNote: We have updated this Q&A. A new version is available here. Attention is turning towards raising the federal debt ceiling, which will be...
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Debt Limit Deadline: March 16, 2017 – Time for Reform?
Read moreOne of the first legislative deadlines President-elect Donald Trump and the 115th Congress will face is the need to raise the debt limit. The budget...
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Q&A: Everything You Should Know About the Debt Ceiling - Oct 2015
Read moreMarch 2017 Note: We have updated this Q&A. A new version is available here.