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Maya MacGuineas on PBS Firing Line Discussing the National Debt
Read moreCommittee for a Responsible Federal Budget President Maya MacGuineas recently appeared on PBS Firing Line. She joined host Margaret Hoover and former...
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Committee Reacts to Biden Administration’s Discretionary Budget
Read moreFor Immediate Release The Biden administration today released a budget proposal for discretionary spending levels for fiscal year 2022 , which...
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What's in President Biden's American Jobs Plan?
Read moreOn Wednesday, President Joe Biden unveiled the second part of his "Build Back Better" agenda – the American Jobs Plan – focused on upgrading and...
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Maya MacGuineas: How to think about infrastructure funding
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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Congress Should Heed White House Call to Pay for Infrastructure
Read moreFor Immediate Release Today, the White House unveiled a $2 trillion infrastructure and investment “American Jobs Plan.” Below is a statement from Maya...
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Cost of Biden Infrastructure Plan Should Be Paid For
Read moreFor Immediate Release Tomorrow, President Biden will give a speech outlining his plans to expand physical infrastructure. A second part of the plan...
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Committee President Maya MacGuineas Testifies on Taxation of Corporations and the Wealthy
Read moreFor Immediate Release Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas will testify today, March 25, before the Senate Budget...
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ARCHIVE: Ten Options to Secure the Highway Trust Fund
Read moreNote: (2/4/2022): This analysis is now out of date. We released an updated version of this analysis, available here, which includes new projections of...
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Washington Must Kick Its Addiction to Debt
Read moreThe Committee for a Responsible Federal projects that with the passage of the American Rescue Plan, the national debt will reach a new record this...
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How High Are Federal Interest Payments?
Read moreThis year, the federal government will spend $300 billion on interest payments on the national debt. This is the equivalent of nearly 9 percent of all...
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Marc Goldwein: The Prescription: Fiscal Policy for the COVID-19 Economy
Read moreMarc Goldwein is senior vice president and senior policy director of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He recently appeared on The...
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Understanding the $1 Trillion in Unspent COVID Relief Funding
Read moreThe Senate-passed American Rescue Plan will deliver nearly $2 trillion of additional COVID relief on top of the $4 trillion already authorized. Yet...