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Mike Pence's Plan to End Inflation
Read moreLast week, former Vice President and current GOP Presidential candidate Mike Pence released a multi-part plan meant to combat inflation by cutting...
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Build Your Own Child Tax Credit – A Web-Based Version
Read moreThe Child Tax Credit (CTC) has become a topic of significant debate among policymakers as they wrestle with determining its appropriate size...
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U.S. Downgrade Shows the Importance of Taking Our Fiscal Situation Seriously
Read moreFitch Ratings downgraded the U.S. credit rating from AAA to AA+ today, citing continued erosion of governance, fiscal deterioration, and growing...
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Site-Neutral Legislative Proposals Gaining Traction
Read moreOne of the best ways to reduce health care costs would be to move towards “ site-neutral” payments and away from the current system’s inefficient...
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The Case for Raising the Social Security Retirement Age
Read moreThe Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget’s Marc Goldwein recently appeared on the “Open to Debate” podcast to discuss the benefits of raising...
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CBO's Alternative Long-Term Budget Projections
Read moreThough the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) latest Long-Term Budget Outlook projects that federal debt held by the public will reach 181 percent of...
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Maya MacGuineas on Bloomberg TV's "Balance of Power"
Read moreCommittee president Maya MacGuineas recently joined Bloomberg Television's "Balance of Power" with Annmarie Hordern and Joe Mathieu to discuss the...
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We Must Not Backslide on Fiscal Responsibility Act
Read moreThe bipartisan Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) enacted last month was projected to generate $1.5 trillion of deficit reduction – more than any...
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Senate Appropriations Supplemental Could Add $155 Billion to the Debt
Read moreSenate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) and Vice Chair Susan Collins (R-ME) announced yesterday that they would introduce add supplemental...
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Chartbook: The Fiscal Cost of Income-Driven Repayment (IDR)
Read moreThe Biden Administration recently finalized a rule to significantly expand student loan Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) plan. Although the Supreme Court...
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Restoring Trust Fund Solvency Would Reduce Long-Term Debt Growth
Read moreRestoring solvency to the major trust funds would reduce one-half to four-fifths of the projected debt-to-GDP growth over the next three decades. The...
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New Evidence Suggests Even Larger Medicare Advantage Overpayments
Read moreUpdate 2/2/24: We have updated our estimate for MA overpayments due to new research into coding intensity and favorable selection from MedPAC . We...