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Unpaid-For Tax Cuts Would Be Irresponsible and Hypocritical
According to press reports, the House majority is currently considering a tax cut package that would extend or reverse several business provisions...
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CRFB Statement on Limit, Save, Grow Act Passage
The House of Representatives just passed the Limit, Save, Grow Act, which would raise the debt ceiling, cap discretionary spending, and reduce...
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CBO Scores the Limit, Save, Grow Act
Update (4/26/2023): The Congressional Budget Office released an estimate of the House Rules Committee amendments to the bill, reducing the savings of...
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Putting the Limit, Save, Grow Act in Context
The Limit, Save, Grow Act would reduce deficits by about $4.5 trillion over the next decade, with $3.2 trillion of those savings coming from caps to...
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House Offers a Serious Package of Savings
Today, House leadership put forward a framework to raise the debt limit while also reducing and capping the growth of discretionary spending...
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Rep. Golden Releases Fiscal Framework to Stabilize Debt
Today, Representative Jared Golden (D-ME) published a piece calling for lawmakers to raise the debt limit and then negotiate a responsible budget deal...
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Build Your Own Discretionary Budget
Each year, Congress must pass a new set of appropriations bills to fund the discretionary side of the budget and avoid a government shutdown. There...
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Goldwein Testimony Highlights $970 Billion in Student Loan Cancellation
CRFB’s Marc Goldwein testified to the House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development, on March 23, on the $970 billion recently...
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Marc Goldwein's House Testimony on Biden's Student Loan Policies
On March 23, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget Senior Vice President and Senior Policy Director Marc Goldwein will testify before the House...
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Watch: Committee Senior Vice President Testifies to House Higher Education Subcommittee
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget Senior Vice President and Senior Policy Director Marc Goldwein testified before the House Subcommittee on...
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William Hoagland: It’s time for both parties to own the debt — and then address it
G. William Hoagland is senior vice president at the Bipartisan Policy Center and a member of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He...
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New CBO Estimate Should Send IDR Plan Back to Drawing Board
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates the President’s proposed income-driven repayment (IDR) plan for student loans will cost $230 billion...