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Jul 29, 2021 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections| Budget Process

Policymakers Shouldn't Attach More Borrowing to a Debt Ceiling Increase

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Jul 20, 2021 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

Five Reasons to Pay for New Investments

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Jan 2, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

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...
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Dec 31, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

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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Dec 30, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

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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Dec 19, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

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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Dec 17, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

Mike Murphy: Unlike Politicians in D.C., Some Are Willing to Work Together

Mike Murphy is the Chief of Staff and Director of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget's FixUs initiative. He recently wrote an op-ed for...
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Dec 17, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

Maya MacGuineas: Will the Federal Government's Nonstop Spending Binge Continue?

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...
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Dec 16, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

Year-End Tax Cuts Would Add $470 Billion to the Debt

For Immediate Release Press reports suggest lawmakers are negotiating a deal to combine year-end funding bills with a series of large tax cuts –...
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Dec 13, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

OECD: U.S. Has the Highest Deficit

The United States had the highest deficit in 2018 among Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries according to the...
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Dec 11, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections| Budget Process

Burchett, Case, and Womack Introduce RAFT Act

One way to begin addressing our unsustainable fiscal situation is to set fiscal goals , which could come in the form of debt targets. A new bill...
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