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Potential Savings from Shrinking the Federal Workforce
Read moreThe Trump Administration has called for significant reductions to the federal workforce and has begun the process by laying off a number of federal...
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Government Shutdowns Q&A: Everything You Should Know
Read moreDiscretionary funding for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 will expire on March 14, and Congress has so far enacted zero of the 12 full-year appropriations bills...
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Options for Student Loan Savings
Read moreThe federal student loan program has a $1.6 trillion outstanding portfolio of loans and is projected to issue an additional trillion dollars in loans...
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Pell Grant Program Is In Serious Trouble
Read moreThe Pell Grants program is now expected to run out of reserves by the end of this year and is expected to face a $71 billion to $111 billion ten-year...
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More than 4/5 of Spending Growth Will Come from Social Security, Health, & Interest
Read moreFrom Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 to 2035, nominal spending will grow by 53 percent according to the latest Congressional Budget Office (CBO) baseline. About...
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Lawmakers Add $380 Billion to the Debt in the Final Hours of 2024
Read moreWith the passage of the Social Security Fairness Act and the American Relief Act, Congress and the President approved $1 trillion in new ten-year debt...
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Deficit-Reducing Reconciliation Is Just What We Need
Read moreEarlier today, a group of 28 Members of Congress signed a letter to incoming Congressional leadership recommending a two-step reconciliation process...
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Comments on Proposed Student Debt Hardship Rule
Read moreOn November 27, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget's Senior Vice President and Senior Policy Director, Marc Goldwein, and Senior Policy...
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Congress Should Avoid a Costly End-of-Year Package
Read moreWith debt nearing record levels, interest payments surging, and major trust funds approaching insolvency, Congress should avoid worsening our already...
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Student Loans Cost $340 Billion More than Expected
Read moreBased in part on new data from the Congressional Budget Office, this piece shows: The estimated federal cost of student loans issued between 2015 and...
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College Cost Reduction Act Could Now Save $250-$280 Billion
Read moreIn January, the House Education and Workforce Committee reported out the College Cost Reduction Act (CCRA), which would make several changes to the...
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CRFB Statement on Department of Government Efficiency
Read moreThis week, President-elect Trump announced that he would be establishing a “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) which would be tasked with...