Highway Trust Fund
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Trust Fund Solvency Could Stabilize the Debt
Read moreRestoring solvency to the major trust funds could stabilize debt as a share of the economy, albeit at a very high level. We estimate that when dynamic...
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Restoring Trust Fund Solvency Would Reduce Long-Term Debt Growth
Read moreRestoring solvency to the major trust funds would reduce one-half to four-fifths of the projected debt-to-GDP growth over the next three decades. The...
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CBO's Budget Options to Improve Trust Fund Solvency
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently published its latest Options for Reducing the Deficit reports, outlining 76 policy options across two...
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Making Trust Funds Solvent Would Substantially Reduce Debt Growth
Read moreIn July, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projected that federal debt held by the public would nearly double as a share of the economy over three...
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CBO Updates Major Trust Fund Baselines
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) updated its projections last week on the financial status of the major trust funds for Medicare Hospital...
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Can a Carbon Tax Fund Climate Investments?
Read moreThough the Senate will not consider the House-passed Build Back Better Act (BBB), there has been some discussion of reviving the legislation’s climate...
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Maya MacGuineas: Say no to a gas tax holiday
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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Event Recap: Trust Fund Solutions
Read moreOn February 17, Senators Angus King (I-ME) and Mitt Romney (R-UT) joined the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and panel of experts to...
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Gas Tax Holiday Would Take A Wrong Turn
Read moreThe White House and some in Congress are reportedly considering suspending the 18.3 cent federal gas tax for the remainder of 2022. The Committee for...
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Gas Tax Holiday Would Cost $20 Billion
Read moreThis week, a group of senators introduced legislation to suspend the federal gas tax through December 2022 amid rising inflation. We estimate the...
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Ten Options to Secure the Highway Trust Fund
Read moreAccounting for the enactment of the bipartisan infrastructure law (formally, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act), we estimate the Highway...
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The Infrastructure Bill’s Impact on the Highway Trust Fund
Read moreIn addition to new investments in surface transportation, transit, broadband, energy, water, tax breaks, and other transportation spending, the...