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Pell Grant Shortfall Remains a Threat
Pell Grant costs will exceed new funding over the next decade, based on the latest Congressional Budget Office (CBO) baseline, depleting nearly all...
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Trump and Biden: Executive Actions
In a recent analysis, we estimated that former President Trump approved $8.4 trillion of new ten-year borrowing ($4.8 trillion excluding the CARES Act...
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12-Month Deficit Decreases to $1.6 Trillion in June 2024
The federal budget deficits totaled $1.6 trillion over the past 12 months, including the $73 billion June deficit released today by the Congressional...
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Tentative Senate Appropriations Deal Would Undermine Bipartisan Deficit Reduction
According to press reports , Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) and Vice Chair Susan Collins (R-ME) have reached a tentative deal to...
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Trump and Biden: Debt Growth
We recently estimated that former President Trump and current President Biden approved $8.4 trillion and $4.3 trillion of new ten-year borrowing (or...
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Maya MacGuineas Discussing New Debt Analysis on Bloomberg "Surveillance"
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas joined Bloomberg Television's "Surveillance" with hosts Jonathan Ferro, Lisa...
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Trump and Biden: Tax and Spending Changes
In a recent analysis, we estimated that former President Donald Trump approved $8.4 trillion of new ten-year borrowing during his four-year term in...
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Trump and Biden: The National Debt
The national debt is on course to reach a record share of the economy under the next presidential administration, due in part to policies approved by...
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Government Spending Just Keeps on Growing
The latest Congressional Budget Office (CBO) baseline shows that federal spending this year will be the largest it’s ever been outside a crisis – far...
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CBO Releases June 2024 Baseline Update
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) today released new ten-year budget and economic projections – an update from its February baseline – again...
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Record Interest Next Year, Record Debt Projected in Just 3 Years
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its Update to the Budget and Economic Outlook today, projecting that the national debt will set a new...
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Donald Trump’s Proposal to Exempt Tip Income from Federal Taxes
US Budget Watch 2024 is a project of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget designed to educate the public on the fiscal impact of...