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Three Measures We Hope the JSC Will Consider
The Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process Reform (JSC) has an important opportunity to improve our broken budget process. Recent...
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Has the Recent Economic Boom Offset 88% of the Cost of the Tax Cut?
In a Wall Street Journal op-ed shared by the House Ways and Means Committee, Mike Solon of US Policy Metrics makes the argument that thanks to recent...
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Growth Just Hit 4.1 Percent – Don't Expect It To Last
The Bureau of Economic Analysis today released its initial estimate that the economy grew at a 4.1 percent annualized rate in the second quarter of...
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Ways and Means Subcommittee Examines Changes to the SSDI Appeals Process
The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security held a hearing on July 25 regarding changes to the adjudication process for the Social...
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House to Vote on $90 Billion of Tax Cuts
The House of Representatives is voting this week on three bills targeting health care-related tax provisions and expanding the use of Health Savings...
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Newest Kids' Share Report Projects Further Decline in Spending on Children
Federal spending on children will continue its expected decline, falling to roughly 7 percent of outlays and less than 2 percent of the economy by...
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Watch the Debt Fixer in Action
We just updated our popular Debt Fixer interactive federal budget tool with new options to reflect recent tax and spending legislation and the latest...
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Congress Is Struggling to Produce a Budget, So Do It Yourself with Our Debt Fixer Tool
The federal budget is more than 3 months overdue and the national debt is headed towards record levels. Now, we provide you an opportunity to show...
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Further Debt-Financed Tax Cuts Beyond Irresponsible
For Immediate Release Today, the House is scheduled to vote on the first of several of health-related tax cuts, which could total over $100 billion...
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Mid-Session Review Shows How Much Worse the Deficit Has Gotten in the Past Year
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released the Mid-Session Review (MSR) last week, updating the President's FY 2019 budget projections with...
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Have Deficit Projections Doubled Because of the Tax Bill and BBA 2018?
Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) appeared on Fox Business this morning, where he was asked about CRFB's analysis...
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Panetta Recommends Budget Reform to JSC
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget co-chair Leon Panetta testified before the Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process...