Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

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View our recurring reports, which summarize and analyze the most important regular federal budget releases and reports.
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Oct 15, 2015 | Budgets & Projections

FY 2015 Deficit Falls to $439 Billion, but Debt Continues to Rise

This paper was updated on October 15, 2015 to reflect the final end of year deficit as announced by the Treasury Department. The Fiscal Year (FY...
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Sep 30, 2015 | Budgets & Projections

Happy Fiscal New Year! 15 Numbers from FY 2015

Today marks the end of Fiscal Year 2015. As we look forward to the important work lawmakers face this coming year, let us also take a brief look...
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Sep 24, 2015 | Other Spending| Budget Process

Q&A: Everything You Should Know About Government Shutdowns

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Sep 16, 2015 | Budgets & Projections| Budget Process

Sequester Offset Solutions (SOS) Plan

Download a 1-page summary of the plan.   Update 9/16/2015: The appendix was corrected to accurately describe the proposed change to federal...
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Aug 25, 2015 | Budgets & Projections

Report: Analysis of CBO’s Updated Budget and Economic Outlook August 2015

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) today released its updated budget and economic projections for the coming decade, showing that while short-term...
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Aug 20, 2015 | Budgets & Projections| Taxes

The Gathering Storm: Fiscal Clouds Amass This Fall

In early 2015, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) warned of the upcoming Fiscal Speed Bumps, explaining “...
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Aug 13, 2015 | Social Security

Debunking 8 Social Security Myths on Its 80th Birthday

August 14 marks the 80th birthday of the Social Security program, which was established in the Social Security Act of 1935. Over the...
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Aug 6, 2015 | Budgets & Projections| Social Security| Other Spending| Taxes

Fiscal FactCheck: 16 Budget Myths to Watch Out For in the 2016 Campaign

Update: The original version of this paper had a mathematical typo, saying that Medicare beneficiaries get, on average, 350% more out of the...
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Jul 22, 2015 | Social Security

Report: Analysis of the 2015 Social Security Trustees' Report

Today, the Social Security and Medicare Trustees released their annual reports on the financial health of the programs. Although these projections...
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Jun 25, 2015 | Budgets & Projections

The Better Budget Process Initiative: Strengthening Statutory Budget Enforcement

For additional budget process resources including specific options for reform, visit our Better Budget Process Initiative home page.
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