Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

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Jun 17, 2021 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections| Other Spending

There Are Plenty of Offsets for Infrastructure Package

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Jun 10, 2021 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections| Health Care

How Much Would the President's Budget Extend Medicare Solvency?

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Sep 18, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

Americans Show They Can Make Tough Federal Budget Decisions and Reduce National Debt

The national debt currently is the highest it has been as a share of the economy since just after World War II, and it is rising rapidly. This high...
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Sep 16, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

Eugene Steuerle: Congress is supposed to decide how the U.S. spends money. Soon, it won’t be able to.

Dr. Eugene (Gene) Steuerle is an Institute fellow and the Richard B. Fisher chair at the Urban Institute and a member of the Committee for a...
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Sep 12, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

After the 2020 Election, Fiscal Challenges Await

The winner of the 2020 presidential election will begin his or her term facing a daunting fiscal situation. High deficits and debt, depleting trust...
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Sep 11, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

Tim Penny & David Minge: Debating 2020 Democrats should not ignore our exploding debt

Tim Penny is co-chair and David Minge is a board member of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. Both are former representatives from the...
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Sep 9, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

Debt Could Reach Record Levels by 2030

The Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) latest budget projections point to high and rising debt under current law, but the situation is far worse if...
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Sep 4, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

New House Members Stress Importance of PAYGO

A group of ten new Democratic members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to House committee chairs on Wednesday urging them to better...
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Aug 21, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

Analysis of CBO’s Updated Budget and Economic Outlook (August 2019)

Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its updated Budget and Economic Outlook , showing that the national debt is on an unsustainable...
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Aug 21, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

New CBO Budget Projections Show Toll of Budget-Busting Legislation

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just released its latest baseline , projecting high and rising debt made worse by recent legislation . CBO...
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Aug 21, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

Budget Deal Made Bad Situation Worse

For Immediate Release The Congressional Budget Office released a new update Wednesday to its Budget and Economic Outlook: 2019 to 2029, the first...
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