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Watch: Committee President Maya MacGuineas Testifies on Taxation of Corporations and the Wealthy
Read moreOn March 25, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas testified before the Senate Budget Committee on whether wealthy...
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Reconciliation 101
Read moreThis paper has been updated here. What is reconcilation? How do reconciliation instructions work? Can a reconciliation bill add to the budget deficit...
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Comparing the Heroes and HEALS Acts
Read moreAs lawmakers formulate the next round of fiscal relief to fight the COVID-19 public health and economic crisis, two pieces of legislation have emerged...
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What's in the $1.1 Trillion HEALS Act?
Read moreThe Senate recently introduced the Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protection, and Schools (HEALS) Act designed to further address the public...
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Senate Considering Debt-Increasing Parks Legislation
Read moreThis week, the Senate will consider the Great American Outdoors Act. The bill seeks to address the backlog of maintenance on public lands in a way...
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PAYGO Tracker: FY 2020
Read moreThe first rule of getting out of a hole is to stop digging it deeper. With deficits and debt set to reach unprecedented levels soon, lawmakers risk...
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Congress Increasingly Fails to Budget
Read moreThe Congressional budget process calls for an annual budget resolution to make explicit the tradeoffs between discretionary spending, direct spending...
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Bill Advances to Combat Improper Payments
Read moreCongress recently passed a bipartisan bill sponsored by Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) to improve efforts to identify and reduce improper payments across...
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Senator Sinema Introduces Fiscal State of the Nation Resolution
Read moreThis week, Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), along with Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), and Angus King (I-ME), introduced a bipartisan...
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Support for TRUST Act Grows
Read moreThe Time to Rescue United States Trusts Act, or the TRUST Act, was introduced last fall on a bipartisan basis in both chambers of Congress to...
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Policymakers Added $2.2 Trillion to the Debt in 2019
Read moreWith Congress finishing up appropriations for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020, including additional provisions that will add $500 billion in debt over the next...
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Bipartisan Group Introduces TRUST Act
Read moreEarlier this week, Senators Mitt Romney (R-UT), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Todd Young (R-IN), Doug Jones (D-AL), and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), alongside...