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Appropriations 101
Read moreThis paper has been updated here. What are appropriations? How does Congress determine the total level of appropriations? How does Congress allocate...
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Appropriations Watch: FY 2022
Read moreUpdated 7/5/22: For news on the appropriations process for the upcoming fiscal year, please see Appropriations Watch: FY 2023. The Senate passed a...
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Fight Inflation by Lowering Deficits, Not Boosting Them
Read moreYesterday, President Biden told reporters the Administration was nearing decisions on whether to cancel student debt by executive order and whether to...
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Representatives Lee and Pocan Introduce Defense Spending Cuts Legislation
Read moreEarlier this week, Defense Spending Reduction Caucus Co-Chairs Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Congressman Mark Pocan (D-WI) introduced the...
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Event Recap: Fiscal Solutions to Climate Change
Read moreOn May 17, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted an event on the "Fiscal Solutions to Climate Change." The virtual event featured a...
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VA Bill Will Cost Hundreds of Billions of Dollars
Read moreThe Senate is expected to vote on the Honoring our PACT Act this week, which would add at least $277 billion to deficits through 2031 and would...
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Veterans Bill Needs Offsets
Read moreThe Senate is set to vote on the Honoring our PACT Act of 2021, which provides health and disability to veterans who may have been exposed to toxic...
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Social Security and Medicare Are Approaching Insolvency
Read moreThe Social Security and Medicare Trustees released their annual reports on the state of the trust funds today. The Trustees find that Medicare’s...
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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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Rumored Student Loan Cancellation Would Cost $230 Billion
Read morePress reports indicate that President Biden could soon announce a plan to cancel at least $10,000 in debt for the vast majority of student loan...
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Committee Co-Chair Mitch Daniels on CNBC's 'Squawk Box'
Read moreCommittee for a Responsible Federal Budget Co-Chair Mitch Daniels, president of Purdue University and former director of the Office of Management and...
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Adding Up Aid to Ukraine from the U.S. and the Rest of the World
Read morePolicymakers are currently considering an additional aid package to Ukraine, with $41 billion of support split roughly evenly between military aid and...