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Does the Budget Deal Take $150 Billion From Social Security and Spend It Elsewhere?
In discussing the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 – the budget deal that is working its way through Congress – former Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) said...
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Launching Fiscal FactCheck & Live-Tweeting the #CNBCGOPDebate
We are pleased to launch the Fiscal FactCheck series, a project of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. Beginning during tonight’s...
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Would a 3-Year Spending Freeze Balance the Budget?
Republican Presidential candidate Ben Carson has frequently talked about constraining the growing national debt, and this summer said that "you could...
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Budget Deal Truly Offsets Only Half Its Cost
Lawmakers are currently considering a budget deal that would increase appropriated spending, suspend the debt limit until March 2017, reallocate...
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Bush Proposes Social Security and Medicare Reform Plan
This blog is part of a series of " Policy Explainers" for the 2016 presidential election, where we explain some of the candidates' policy proposals...
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Florida Governor Jeb Bush Proposes Social Security And Medicare Reform Plan
Today, Republican presidential candidate and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush unveiled a new plan – among the most detailed we have seen so far from...
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Washington Post Praises Rigell Sequester Plan
Over the weekend, the Washington Post editorial board wrote a piece praising the sequester plan that Rep. Scott Rigell (R-VA) released last week. The...
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Will Budget Negotiators Depend on OCO?
Recent press reports indicate that the ongoing budget negotiations between Congressional leaders and the White House may lean on the use of the...
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David Perdue & Maya MacGuineas: National debt solutions noticeably absent from debates
Senator David Perdue, the junior senator from Georgia, and Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, wrote a guest...
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Time To Reform The Federal Budget Process
The Senate Budget Committee held a hearing this week, the first in a series, on the need to reform the federal budget process. Testifying were Michael...
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Q&A: Everything You Should Know About the Debt Ceiling - Oct 2015
March 2017 Note: We have updated this Q&A. A new version is available here.