The President's FY 2018 Budget Series
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Maya MacGuineas: Why is Trump's 3-percent growth target pure folly? Because math.
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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Marc Goldwein: President Trump’s Budget Defies Gravity
Read moreMarc Goldwein is the senior vice president and senior policy director of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He recently wrote an opinion...
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President Trump’s Full FY 2018 Budget
Read moreThe President released the full version of his first budget yesterday, laying out his proposals for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 and the following decade...
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A Quick Summary of President Trump's FY 2018 Budget
Read moreToday, President Trump released his Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 budget, the first full budget proposal of his presidency. We will publish a full analysis...
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Re-Estimating the President’s Budget with Reasonable Economic Assumptions
Read moreToday, the President released his full Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 budget proposal. The Administration finds that its policies would balance the budget by...
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President’s Budget Relies on Rosy Assumptions
Read moreFor Immediate Release President Trump’s first full budget was previewed tonight. The budget calls for $3.6 trillion of spending reductions and reforms...
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What We'd Like to See in President Trump's Full FY 2018 Budget
Read moreAfter releasing its “skinny budget” in March, the Trump Administration is slated to release its full budget request outlining the President’s...
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Trump Budget Spending Increases Aren’t All Paid For
Read moreAlthough President’s Trump “ skinny budget” pays for most of its defense spending increases with cuts elsewhere, one-fifth of the spending increases...
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Maya MacGuineas and Robert L. Bixby: Trump's "skinny budget" gets an incomplete
Read moreMaya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt, and Robert L. Bixby, executive...
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President Trump's FY 2018 "Skinny Budget"
Read moreThe Trump Administration today released its "skinny budget," which details its plans for defense and non-defense discretionary spending for Fiscal...
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Cutting the Smallest and Slowest Growing Part of the Budget
Read morePresident Trump's March budget release will reportedly increase defense spending next year by $54 billion and cut non-defense spending by the same...
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Is Trump Proposing One of the Largest Defense Increases in History?
Read moreIn his joint address to Congress, President Trump said, "I am sending the Congress a budget that rebuilds the military, eliminates the defense...