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A Tale of Two Budgets
Read moreFor Immediate Release This week, the House is voting on a Fiscal Year 2018 budget while at the same time the Senate is debating its own version – and...
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Paying for Tax Reform Event on Capitol Hill
Read moreToday the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted an event on Capitol Hill focused on the prospects for tax reform. The event featured...
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Tax Cuts Don't Pay For Themselves
Read moreWhile policymakers are gearing up to address tax reform this fall, some have advocated for abandoning true reform and instead focusing solely on tax...
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What Is a Reasonable Amount of Dynamic Revenue For Tax Reform?
Read moreThoughtful tax reform has the potential to increase the size of the economy, lifting wages and incomes while also generating more tax revenue for the...
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Seven Resolutions for the Fiscal New Year
Read moreOctober 1 marked the start of Fiscal Year (FY) 2018. While FY 2017 saw very little major legislation passed, a new year brings new opportunities...
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How the House and Senate Budgets Stack Up
Read moreWith the release of the Senate budget resolution, we now have the two Congressional budgets that will set up the budget process for the rest of the...
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Senate Budget Committee Releases FY 2018 Budget
Read moreSenate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) released the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Senate budget resolution today. The budget proposes $3.3 trillion...
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The Senate Budget Is Not Responsible
Read moreFor Immediate Release Today the Senate released a budget resolution that will pave the way for tax reform. The following is a statement from Maya...
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Big 6 Tax Framework Could Cost $2.2 Trillion
Read moreThe so-called "Big 6" today released their framework for comprehensive tax reform. While significant detail still needs to be filled in, enough exists...
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Tax Blueprint Must Focus More on Offsets
Read moreFor Immediate Release Today the “Big 6” unveiled a blueprint for tax reform. The following is a statement from Committee for a Responsible Federal...
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Maya MacGuineas: Congress, Dump the Budget Gimmicks – We Need Real Reform
Read moreMaya MacGuineas is president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently...
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Maya MacGuineas: Missed Opportunity to Use Health Care, Tax Policies to Stop Debt Growth
Read moreHeadlines were made recently when the gross national debt topped $20 trillion for the first time. You would think this ominous milestone might give...