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Maya MacGuineas: Wake Up: The Current Fiscal Free-for-All is Untenable
Read moreMaya MacGuineas is president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently...
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House Continuing Resolution Sets Stage for Over $300 Billion in Costs
Read moreHouse Republicans released a draft continuing resolution (CR) last night to extend current levels of discretionary spending through February 16, which...
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Lawmakers Should Offset Upcoming Disaster Relief
Read moreOne of many things lawmakers are poised to take up early in the year is additional disaster relief in response to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria...
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Q&A: Everything You Should Know About Government Shutdowns
Read moreThis paper has been updated here. As we’ve learned to expect, Congress seems to be waiting until the last minute to address several important fiscal...
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Sequester Relief is Too Costly to Add to the Credit Card
Read moreDuring the busy end to the year, lawmakers enacted a continuing resolution (CR) to keep the government funded through January 19. When that CR ends...
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We Need to Break Our Addiction to Debt
Read moreFor Immediate Release Congress is currently debating a deal to increase spending caps and fund the government through the remainder of the current...
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Proposed Legislation Compounds Debt and Deficit Issues of the Tax Bill
Read moreFor Immediate Release The House of Representatives is scheduled to consider legislation to fund the government through January 19th and temporarily...
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Budgeting for the Next Generation: A New Series on Children and the Federal Budget
Read moreThe federal budget is arguably the most comprehensive representation of the federal government’s priorities. Policymakers use the budget to determine...
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Gimmicks to Look Out For in a Spending Deal
Read moreWith Congress moving toward funding the government for the remainder of fiscal year 2018, pressure is mounting to increase discretionary spending...
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Discretionary Cap Deal Could Cost Over $100 Billion Per Year
Read moreLawmakers are reportedly considering a year-end deal to repeal the sequester and increase discretionary spending potentially as much as $230 billion...
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Policymakers Should Reform Student Loan Programs
Read moreLawmakers will need offsets to keep year-end legislation from substantially worsening the debt, and one area we've suggested in our Mini-Bargain and...
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December Legislation Could Bring Back Trillion-Dollar Deficits
Read moreCongress has a lot on its plate this holiday season. Sadly, they seem far more focused on legislation to increase our post-war record-high national...