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What's in the FY 2023 Omnibus Bill?
Update (2/3/2023): This piece has been updated with a more complete analysis of the bill as scored by the Congressional Budget Office. Policymakers...
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Spending is Too High, But At Least Congress Avoids Debt-Fueled Christmas Tree Bill
Lawmakers unveiled an omnibus appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2023 today. The bill would set discretionary spending at around $1.65 trillion...
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Event Recap: Health Solutions Summit
On December 15, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted our Health Solutions Summit: Options for the Next Congress. With the cost of...
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William Hoagland: The next House speaker should learn from 2011 experience on fiscal reform
G. William Hoagland is senior vice president at the Bipartisan Policy Center and a member of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He...
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CRFB Launches Ad Campaign Urging No New Borrowing for the Rest of 2022
As lawmakers contemplate a number of tax breaks and spending increases as part of a year-end legislative package, the Committee for a Responsible...
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End-of-Year Changes Need Offsets
As policymakers continue to negotiate a possible omnibus appropriations bill, there is also discussion of attaching a variety of revenue and mandatory...
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Q&A: Everything You Should Know About Government Shutdowns
This paper has been updated here. The new fiscal year (FY) began on October 1, 2022, and Congress has so far enacted none of the 12 appropriations...
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CBO Releases 2022 Budget Options Report
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its Options for Reducing the Deficit: 2023 to 2032 report this week, outlining 76 policy options and...
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Groups Urge Congress to Avoid Inflationary Medicare Spending
As Congress considers year-end legislation , the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget joined with Employ America and Paragon Health, two...
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Maya MacGuineas: Three things Congress must do to curb our nation’s spiraling debt crisis
Maya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently co-authored an...
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Making Trust Funds Solvent Would Substantially Reduce Debt Growth
In July, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projected that federal debt held by the public would nearly double as a share of the economy over three...
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Congress Should Avoid Budget-Busting Omnibus
Congressional negotiators are apparently discussing a Fiscal Year 2023 omnibus appropriations bill of $1.65 trillion or higher, which would represent...