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Interest Payments in the Federal Budget
At a projected cost of over $300 billion this fiscal year, interest payments are a significant part of the federal budget. Net interest is currently...
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State & Local Aid is On Its Way, But Is It Needed?
Last week, the Department of Treasury issued guidelines for the allocations of $350 billion of direct state and local aid funds in the American Rescue...
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Eugene Steuerle: How Existing Budgetary Commitments Could Affect President Biden’s Domestic Policy Goals
The COVID-19 pandemic and accompanying recession laid bare many of the needs of working families and children, as well as federal, state, and local...
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Spending in the American Jobs Plan vs. the 2018 Senate Infrastructure Plan
Last month, President Joe Biden unveiled the second part of his "Build Back Better" agenda – the American Jobs Plan – focused on upgrading and...
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CRFB Launches Suite of Budget Games
Today the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget launched Budgeting for the Future, a suite of interactive games related to the federal budget and...
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Introducing ‘Budgeting for the Future’
For Immediate Release The Committee launches new suite of online games to educate and crowdsource views on federal budget priorities A majority of...
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New Poll Finds Americans Worry About the Debt and Want the Budget More Balanced Between Generations
A new Ipsos poll finds that a strong majority of Americans are concerned about the national debt and want federal spending to be more balanced between...
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Congress Should Spend Responsibly and Invest Wisely
Between the American Jobs Plan and the American Families Plan, President Biden has proposed roughly $4.45 trillion of new spending and tax breaks. The...
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New Interactive Tools - How Would You Fix the Budget?
New Interactive Tools How Would You Fix the Budget?
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Erskine Bowles and Henry Paulson: Biden should embrace a carbon tax
President Biden deserves credit for his actions to date on climate change.
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Senator Lummis Introduces Sustainable Budget Act
Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) recently introduced the Sustainable Budget Act with Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Mike Rounds (R-SD)...