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Lawmakers Should Offset Latest Disaster Relief Package
Read moreYesterday, the Senate voted to appropriate an additional $19 billion in disaster relief to aid the damage caused by wildfires, hurricanes, and storms...
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Representative Blumenauer Introduces Bill to Shore Up the Highway Trust Fund
Read moreRepresentative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) has introduced the Rebuild America Act, which would raise the excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel five...
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Deficit-Financed Infrastructure Spending Could Harm Economy
Read moreFor Immediate Release President Trump and Congressional Democrats are meeting this week to discuss how to pay for as much as $2 trillion of new...
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Gimmick Alert: Congress Considering Increasing Spending Through Harbor Maintenance Maneuver
Read moreHaving already used the war spending designation and fake mandatory savings to get around discretionary spending caps, lawmakers are turning to...
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Options to Offset An Infrastructure Package
Read moreA meeting between Democratic Congressional leaders and President Trump a few weeks ago raised the possibility of an infrastructure package. The...
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House Spending Plan Would Increase Discretionary Spending to Record Levels
Read moreThe House Budget Committee proposal to raise the caps on discretionary spending would add over $2 trillion in projected debt over the next decade...
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House Spending Bill Would Cost Twice as Much as Sequester Repeal
Read moreDefenders of the House spending bill have argued that despite its $2.1 trillion debt impact, it is necessary to prevent the return of sequester-level...
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New Budget Cap Plan Would Cost As Much As the Tax Cuts
Read moreEarlier this week, the House Budget Committee reported a bill – the Investing for the People Act of 2019 – that would increase current law caps on...
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Proposed Budget Plan Would Cost Over $2 Trillion
Read moreIn lieu of a budget resolution, the House Budget Committee has put forward a bill to increase discretionary spending caps by $358 billion over the...
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Written Testimony on Our Nation's Crumbling Infrastructure and the Need for Immediate Action
Read moreThe Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget submitted testimony for the record pertaining to the House Ways and Means Committee hearing on "Our...
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Charting a Responsible Path for Discretionary Spending
Read moreWith the government now fully funded for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019, policymakers must begin the conversation over appropriate funding levels for next year...
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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...