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Event Recap: Fiscal Solutions to Climate Change
Read moreOn May 17, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted an event on the "Fiscal Solutions to Climate Change." The virtual event featured a...
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Recap: Maya MacGuineas Gives Senate Testimony on Saving Social Security
Read moreOn June 9, the Senate Budget Committee held a hearing on "Saving Social Security: Expanding Benefits and Demanding the Wealthy Pay Their Fair Share or...
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VA Bill Will Cost Hundreds of Billions of Dollars
Read moreThe Senate is expected to vote on the Honoring our PACT Act this week, which would add at least $277 billion to deficits through 2031 and would...
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What Would Higher Interest Rates Mean for the Debt?
Read moreInterest payments on the national debt are projected to be the fastest-growing part of the federal budget. Under the Congressional Budget Office's...
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Surging Inflation Calls for Responsible Budgeting
Read moreToday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated the Consumer Price Index (CPI) grew by 1.0 percent in May and 8.6 percent over the past year. Core CPI...
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Maya MacGuineas's Senate Testimony on Saving Social Security
Read moreOn June 9, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas will testify before the Senate Budget Committee on "Saving Social...
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Watch Live: Committee President Maya MacGuineas Testifies on Saving Social Security
Read moreOn June 9 at 11 am EDT, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas will testify before the Senate Budget Committee on saving...
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CBO Reports $63 Billion Deficit for May
Read moreThe United States borrowed $423 billion in the first eight months of fiscal year 2022, with a $63 billion deficit in May, according to the latest...
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Congress Needs to Stop Deeming and Start Budgeting
Read moreToday, the House of Representatives passed a $1.6 trillion “deeming resolution” to set the topline level for appropriations for Fiscal Year 2023. The...
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Event Recap: What's New in the 2022 Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports?
Read moreOn June 6, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted "What's New in the 2022 Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports?". The event...
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Medicare at 60 Costs $155 Billion, According to CBO
Read moreEarlier this month, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report on the budgetary effects of lowering the Medicare eligibility age to 60...
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Veterans Bill Needs Offsets
Read moreThe Senate is set to vote on the Honoring our PACT Act of 2021, which provides health and disability to veterans who may have been exposed to toxic...