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John Kasich and Timothy Penny: Balanced Budgets Don't Need to Be a Thing of the Past
John Kasich and Timothy Penny are former Members of Congress and a board member and a co-chair, respectively, of the Committee for a Responsible...
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Unpaid-For Tax Cuts Would Be Irresponsible and Hypocritical
According to press reports, the House majority is currently considering a tax cut package that would extend or reverse several business provisions...
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CRFB Statement on Limit, Save, Grow Act Passage
The House of Representatives just passed the Limit, Save, Grow Act, which would raise the debt ceiling, cap discretionary spending, and reduce...
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CBO Scores the Limit, Save, Grow Act
Update (4/26/2023): The Congressional Budget Office released an estimate of the House Rules Committee amendments to the bill, reducing the savings of...
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Putting the Limit, Save, Grow Act in Context
The Limit, Save, Grow Act would reduce deficits by about $4.5 trillion over the next decade, with $3.2 trillion of those savings coming from caps to...
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6 Ways to Reduce Health Care Costs
By JOSH GORDON AND DARBIN WOFFORD This journal article originally appeared in the Milken Institute Review . Here’s some old news that, depressingly...
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ARCHIVE: What's in the Limit, Save, Grow Act?
Update (4/25/2023): The Congressional Budget Office has released an official score of the Limit, Save, Grow Act; read our analysis of that score here...
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House Offers a Serious Package of Savings
Today, House leadership put forward a framework to raise the debt limit while also reducing and capping the growth of discretionary spending...
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Rep. Golden Releases Fiscal Framework to Stabilize Debt
Today, Representative Jared Golden (D-ME) published a piece calling for lawmakers to raise the debt limit and then negotiate a responsible budget deal...
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Build Your Own Discretionary Budget
Each year, Congress must pass a new set of appropriations bills to fund the discretionary side of the budget and avoid a government shutdown. There...
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Breaking Down the Proposals in the President's FY 2024 Budget
The FY 2024 President’s budget includes policy changes that it estimates would reduce budget deficits by $3 trillion over a decade, the net effect of...
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Treasury Reports $378 Billion Deficit in March
The Treasury Department released its latest Monthly Treasury Statement today, showing that the United States borrowed $378 billion in the month of...