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Budget Resolution Principles for Fiscal Year 2020
The congressional budget resolution should establish the nation’s priorities, the approach to financing them, and a plan to ensure the nation is on a...
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Maya MacGuineas: The Rise of Free Lunch Economics & the Growth of Our National Debt
Maya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently wrote an opinion...
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Charting a Responsible Path for Discretionary Spending
With 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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Tyler Evilsizer: Putting the Trump Tax Cuts Will Pay For Themselves Myth To Bed
Tyler Evilsizer is deputy policy director at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He recently wrote an opinion piece for The Hill , an...
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Appropriations Watch: FY 2019
Congress passed full appropriations for the remaining seven appropriations bills for the rest of fiscal year 2019, and the president signed the...
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As Debt Rises, Interest Costs Could Top $1 Trillion
The fastest growing item in the budget over the next decade will be interest on the debt, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). In this...
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Leave Tax Extenders in the Past
Some in Congress reportedly want to revive a package of narrow tax breaks that expired 14 months ago, at the end of 2017, known as “tax extenders.”...
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Q&A: Everything You Should Know About Government Shutdowns
The fiscal year began on Oct. 1, 2018, and Congress has passed just five out of 12 appropriations bills setting discretionary spending levels...
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These 3 Parts of the Budget Explain 87% of Spending Growth
The Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) latest baseline shows that deficits and debt are rising unsustainably, driven by the failure of revenue to...
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Play Debt-O During State of the Union 2019!
President Donald Trump will give his second State of the Union address tonight at 9 p.m. ET. CRFB will be live tweeting the speech, providing analysis...
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CRFB Co-Chairs Gov. Daniels, Sec. Panetta, & Rep. Penny: Congress and President Must Make the Debt a Priority
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget Co-Chairs Governor Mitch Daniels, Secretary Leon Panetta, and Congressman Tim Penny issued the following...
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Maya MacGuineas: How to Keep the Government Running When Lawmakers Fail To Do Their Job
Maya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently wrote an opinion...