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Surging Inflation Highlights Need for Deficit Reduction, Not Tax Cuts
Read moreCPI inflation set another forty-year record today, rising by 1.3 percent this month and 9.1 percent over the past year. CPI has already risen more...
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Reconciliation Should Reduce Deficits, Fight Inflation, and Strengthen Medicare
Read moreAs negotiations have resumed over a potential reconciliation bill, policymakers should maintain focus on combining any new spending and tax breaks...
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CBO Estimates Drug Savings for Reconciliation
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released estimates of the draft text for a prescription drug package that could be part of an upcoming...
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Just How Big Are Federal Interest Payments?
Read moreAccording to the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) latest baseline, the federal government will spend $400 billion on interest payments on the...
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Reconciliation Could Improve Medicare Solvency
Read moreAccording to press reports, policymakers are considering broadening the base of the 3.8 percent Net Investment Income Tax (NIIT) or self-employment...
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The Fed’s Latest Economic Projections Show Higher Inflation, Lower Growth
Read moreThe Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) of the Federal Reserve released updated economic projections at its meeting last month. Along with the FOMC’s...
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Marc Goldwein: The Fed Needs a Helping Hand to Fight Inflation
Read moreMarc Goldwein is senior vice president and senior policy director of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He recently wrote an opinion...
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ARCHIVE #2: How Long Before Cancelled Student Debt Would Return?
Read moreNote: This analysis has been updated from the original version to reflect new estimates of how long it would take for the amount of student debt owed...
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Strategies to Lower Health Care Prices from KFF
Read moreAlthough most federal health spending goes to Medicare and Medicaid, the government is projected to lose over $350 billion of income and payroll tax...
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FixUS Poll: As July 4th Approaches, Patriotic Values Still Popular
Read moreIn light of the pervasive political conflicts dominating national conversations, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget’s FixUS initiative, an...
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Six Ways to Fight Inflation
Read morePersonal Consumption Expenditure (PCE) inflation rose by 6.3 percent over the past year and 0.6 percent last month according to new data from the...
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Reducing Drug Prices and the Tax Gap
Read moreAs lawmakers negotiate a possible reconciliation bill, they should look to offsets from the House-passed Build Back Better Act (BBB) to help fund new...