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Analysis of the 2024 Medicare Trustees' Report
The Social Security and Medicare Trustees released their annual reports detailing the current and future financial status of the trust funds. Our...
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Analysis of the 2024 Social Security Trustees’ Report
The Social Security and Medicare Trustees released their annual reports today on the financial status of the Social Security and Medicare programs...
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Maya MacGuineas on Fox News' "Special Report"
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget President Maya MacGuineas recently joined Fox News' "Special Report" with Bret Baier to discuss the annual...
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Social Security and Medicare Trustees Confirm Trust Funds Need Saving
The Trustees for Social Security and Medicare released their annual report on the status of the trust funds today. The Trustees project the Medicare...
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Social Security and Medicare Trustees Release 2024 Reports
The Social Security and Medicare Trustees just released their annual reports on the financial status of the Social Security and Medicare programs. The...
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Fix the Debt Awards 2024 Fiscal Heroes
We are pleased to recognize the Fiscal Heroes of the 118th Congress. The following is a statement from Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for...
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The Total Cost of Student Debt Cancellation
Including the Biden Administration’s new student debt cancellation plan, we estimate all recent student debt cancellation policies will cost a...
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Introducing the CRFB Debt Thermometer
Fiscal policy has profound consequences on the economic health and national security of the country. Yet little is done to track the effects of...
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Appropriations Watch: FY 2024
Updated 4/24/2024: On Tuesday, April 23, the Senate passed a package of national security-oriented bills passed by the House on Saturday, April 20...
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What's in the Latest House National Security Supplementals?
The House of Representatives is set to soon vote on a series of national security-related supplemental appropriations bills. Three of the bills...
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Interest Rates Surge Near Record Highs
Interest rates are once again on the rise across nearly every maturity. The ten-year Treasury note closed at 4.7 percent on Tuesday, up from 4.1...
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Tim Penny & David Minge: Taxes increasingly paying for the past - not the future
Tim Penny is co-chair and David Minge is a an emeritus board member of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. Both are former representatives...