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After being suspended by the Fiscal Responsibility Act in 2023, the federal debt ceiling was restored on January 2 and set to the outstanding debt...

Federal Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments are set to face an $8 billion annual reduction – more than 50 percent – in 2025, 2026...

On November 27, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget's Senior Vice President and Senior Policy Director, Marc Goldwein, and Senior Policy...

What is Reconciliation? How do Reconciliation Instructions Work? Can a Reconciliation Bill Add to the Deficit? What is the “Byrd Rule”? What are Other...

Note: This analysis has been updated to incorporate new proposals announced by the candidates since we initially published on October 7. You can read...

On October 16, Marc Goldwein, senior vice president and senior policy director of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, gave a presentation...

NOTE: This is an archived version of our initial analysis published on October 7. We have since published an updated analysis , featuring policies...

Discretionary funding for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 will expire on September 30, and Congress has so far enacted zero of the 12 full-year appropriations...

The Congressional Budget Office recently released its June 2024 Update to the Budget and Economic Outlook. This report updates the February 2024...

The national debt is on course to reach a record share of the economy under the next presidential administration, due in part to policies approved by...

More than half of the nation’s hospitals are designated as “charitable” nonprofit institutions by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), exempting them...

What are appropriations? How does Congress determine the total level of appropriations? How does Congress allocate appropriations? How are...