Papers

Below is a joint letter to Congressional leadership and the heads of the taxwriting committees that it is time to end the practice of enacting tax...

We celebrate the hard work and accomplishments of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. To help propel us into this hectic and consequential...

With the Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process Reform (JSC) preparing for a likely mark-up during the week of November 12, we...

The statutory deadline for reporting legislation is moving ever closer, and public statements show a notable portion of the Members of the Joint...

The federal budget is on an unsustainable long-term trajectory. With federal debt already high and rising, the country’s fiscal outlook in the medium...

This chartbook corresponds to our project " Budgeting for the Next Generation"

This paper has been updated here. The fiscal year began on September 30, has only passed 5 of 12 appropriations bills setting spending levels. If...

Children have less ability to meet their needs in the short term and more potential in the long term than other age groups, but federal policy does...

Compared to other age groups, children have higher levels of poverty, less ability to provide for themselves, and greater potential to support future...

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released alternative scenarios to its Long-Term Budget Outlook today. These scenarios show that if the recent...

Below is a letter from CRFB President Maya MacGuineas to the conferees appointed to negotiate between the House and Senate versions of the Veterans...

On July 12, 2018, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget Co-Chair Leon Panetta testified before the Joint Select Committee on Budget and...