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SSDI Solutions Initiative Releases Paper on Developing Demonstrations Based on Lessons Learned
Read moreThe McCrery-Pomeroy SSDI Solutions Initiative yesterday released the first of a series of papers on how to improve policies for people with...
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Budget Resolution Principles for Fiscal Year 2020
Read moreThe 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
Read moreMaya 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
Read moreWith 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
Read moreTyler 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
Read moreCongress 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
Read moreThe 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
Read moreSome 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
Read moreThe 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
Read moreThe 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!
Read morePresident 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
Read moreCommittee for a Responsible Federal Budget Co-Chairs Governor Mitch Daniels, Secretary Leon Panetta, and Congressman Tim Penny issued the following...