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House Offers a Serious Package of Savings
Read moreToday, 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
Read moreToday, 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
Read moreEach 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
Read moreThe 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
Read moreThe Treasury Department released its latest Monthly Treasury Statement today, showing that the United States borrowed $378 billion in the month of...
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Congress On Track to Miss Budget Deadline for 20th Year in a Row
Read moreThe statutory deadline for Congress to complete action on a concurrent budget resolution for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 is April 15. The budget process...
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CBO Estimates $1.1 Trillion Deficit For First 6 Months Of Fiscal Year 2023
Read moreIn the first six months of fiscal year 2023, the United States borrowed $1.1 trillion, with a $376 billion deficit in February, according to the...
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Event Recap: Checking in on the Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds
Read moreOn April 4, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted "Checking in on the Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds." The event featured...
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Paragon Health Institute Releases Proposals to Lower Health Care Costs
Read moreThe Paragon Health Institute recently released a report highlighting 12 options to decrease federal health care spending. The report, titled “Turning...
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Analysis of the 2023 Medicare Trustees' Report
Read moreThe Trustees for the Social Security and Medicare programs have released their annual reports for 2023, updating the financial state of the programs’...
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Analysis of the 2023 Social Security Trustees' Report
Read moreThe Social Security and Medicare Trustees today released their annual reports on the financial state of the Social Security and Medicare programs over...
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Social Security and Medicare Trustees Release 2023 Reports
Read moreThe Social Security and Medicare Trustees just released their annual reports on the financial status of the Social Security and Medicare programs over...