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Maya MacGuineas: Rescission Fight About Much More than a Few Billion Dollars
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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Goldman Sachs Warns that the US Fiscal Outlook is “Not Good”
Read moreIn a report released last month by Goldman Sachs, Chief Economist Jan Hatzius describes the U.S. fiscal outlook as “not good.” If left unchanged, the...
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Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget Reacts to House Budget Resolution
Read moreFor Immediate Release House Budget Committee Chairman Steve Womack (R-AR) introduced today a Chairman’s Mark of the Fiscal Year 2019 budget resolution...
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Summarizing the FY 2019 House Budget Resolution
Read moreHouse Budget Committee Chairman Steve Womack (R-AR) released his Chairman's Mark of the House FY 2019 budget resolution. The budget resolution calls...
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Options for the Pension Committee to Consider
Read moreAs we recently explained, proposals from the Joint Select Committee on Solvency of Multiemployer Plans could include considerable costs. The Joint...
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After Tax Reform, Tax Expenditures Remain Costly
Read moreThe Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) recently released its latest tax expenditure estimates. The report shows that despite the 2017 tax law, which...
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Rescission Bill Should Be No-Brainer
Read moreFor Immediate Release The House of Representatives narrowly passed a bill to rescind $14.7 billion in federal funds last week that the Congressional...
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Medicare Advantage Proposal Reforms Benefits and the Bidding Process
Read moreThe Medicare Trustees recently delivered a reminder of the importance of reducing Medicare costs. As Steven M. Lieberman, Loren Adler, Erin Trish...
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Marc Goldwein on Facing the Future: Federal Investment in Children is Dwindling
Read moreChildren are getting an increasingly small share of the federal budget, even as we are burdening them with immense debt. In an episode of the Concord...
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Design Your Own Social Security Plan
Read moreSocial Security provides income security to millions of beneficiaries, but is on a road toward insolvency. The latest official projections show its...
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Gene Steuerle: Why Government Budget Estimates Are Often Wrong
Read moreDr. Eugene (Gene) Steuerle is the Richard B. Fisher chair and Institute Fellow at the Urban Institute and a member of the Committee for a Responsible...
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Marc Goldwein: As Demagogues Squawk, Clock is Ticking on Social Security
Read moreMarc Goldwein is the Senior Vice President and Senior Policy Director for the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He recently wrote an opinion...