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CRFB Reacts to Capital Gains Tax Proposal
Read moreFor Immediate Release Recently, a number of proposals have emerged to modify the capital gains tax – either by legislation or through administrative...
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Maya MacGuineas: National Debt is About to Roar Back to Life as a Pressing Issue
Read moreMaya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, published an op-ed with CNN. An excerpt is below. As a result of an...
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Proposed Senate Point of Order Would Limit Health Care Proposals in Budget Reconciliation
Read moreFor Immediate Release Today, 12 senators introduced a proposal that would establish a new Senate point of order to restrict the types of changes that...
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Three Measures We Hope the JSC Will Consider
Read moreThe 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?
Read moreIn 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
Read moreThe 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
Read moreThe 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
Read moreThe 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
Read moreFederal 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
Read moreWe 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
Read moreThe 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
Read moreFor 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...