FY 2019 Budget
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Upcoming Congressional Fiscal Policy Deadlines
Read moreUpdated 5/17/2024: The President signed a multi-year Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization on May 16, following House passage on May 15 and...
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Co-Chairs Daniels, Panetta, & Penny Statement on FY 2019 Deficit
Read moreFor Immediate Release The Treasury Department released Friday the final deficit total for Fiscal Year 2019, which ended on September 30. Figures show...
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Treasury: 2019 Deficit was $984 Billion
Read moreThe Treasury Department released final budget numbers for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 today, showing last year's deficit totaled $984 billion, a $205...
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Three-Fifths of This Year's Deficit is Policymakers' Fault
Read moreThe budget deficit will be almost $900 billion this year according to projections from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). By our estimates, 60...
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Appropriations Watch: FY 2019
Read moreCongress passed full appropriations for the remaining seven appropriations bills for the rest of fiscal year 2019, and the president signed the...
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Play Debt-O During State of the Union 2019!
Read morePresident Donald Trump will give his second State of the Union address tonight at 9 p.m. ET. CRFB will be live tweeting the speech, providing analysis...
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The Government Shutdown Could Wipe Out Recent Stimulus Effects on This Quarter
Read moreThe current government shutdown has lasted long enough to temporarily erase all the positive stimulus effects of recent major legislation. Chairman of...
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The Shutdown's Economic Toll Equals the Average Hurricane
Read moreThe current government shutdown is the economic equivalent of a self-imposed natural disaster. As the 32nd day of the longest government shutdown in...
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Q&A: Everything You Should Know About Government Shutdowns
Read moreThis paper has been updated here. The fiscal year began on Oct. 1, 2018, and Congress has passed just five out of 12 appropriations bills setting...
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Leon Panetta: Five Lessons that Never Seem to Be Learned from Shutting Down the Government
Read moreLeon Panetta is co-chair of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, former budget director and White House chief of staff under President Bll...
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What Happens in a Partial Government Shutdown?
Read morePolicymakers have until midnight on Friday to avoid a partial government shutdown. Lawmakers have already passed full-year appropriations for five of...
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Beware the Budget Busters in the Lame Duck
Read moreThe lame duck Congress will return to Washington with an important to-do list that includes either finishing the seven unfinished appropriation bills...