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President Trump has Signed $4.7 Trillion of Debt into Law
Our US Budget Watch 2020 project analyzes, estimates, and explains the fiscal implications of proposals introduced during the presidential campaigns...
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Cassidy Criticizes Process and Results of Budget Deal
Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) in an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal a few weeks ago criticized last month's appropriations deal for both its rushed and...
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Support for TRUST Act Grows
The Time to Rescue United States Trusts Act, or the TRUST Act, was introduced last fall on a bipartisan basis in both chambers of Congress to...
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Maya MacGuineas: A Resolution for Congress in 2020 – Make Better Fiscal Policy Decisions
Maya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently wrote an opinion...
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Our Top Fiscal Charts of 2019
2019 was a busy year for budget policy, which gave us ample opportunities to conduct substantive policy analysis using charts and tables. This year...
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The Decade in the Federal Budget
When it comes to fiscal policy, the 2010s have been quite a rollercoaster. Below, we’ve identified a few major budgetary trends and patterns of the...
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Appropriations Watch: FY 2020
Updated 12/24/2019: Congress did not complete action on appropriations before the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30. Congress enacted a continuing...
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Budget Deal Shows Bipartisan Failure of Leadership
For Immediate Release Later today, President Trump is expected to sign into law a $1.4 trillion spending package, appropriated through two bipartisan...
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Policymakers Added $2.2 Trillion to the Debt in 2019
With Congress finishing up appropriations for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020, including additional provisions that will add $500 billion in debt over the next...
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Appropriations Deal Will Cost $2.1 Trillion Over 20 Years
The appropriations deal's numerous deficit-increasing policies, most notably its permanent repeal of three Affordable Care Act (ACA) taxes, would cost...
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Cory Booker's "Baby Bonds" Plan
Presidential candidate Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) has put forward a proposal to establish savings accounts for every child born in America funded...
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Let Zombie Tax Extenders Remain Dead
For Immediate Release Last night, the House Rules Committee added a set of tax cuts to the year-end appropriations package, reviving almost three...