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James Jones: Pandemic Isn't an Excuse for Reckless Spending
The signature accomplishment of the Trump administration, the 2017 tax cuts, greatly reduced federal revenue. Lawmakers simultaneously increased...
Treasury Data Shows Other Countries Not Buying Additional Debt
Total foreign holdings of United States debt held steady during the month of April despite the massive increase in government borrowing that took...
Maya MacGuineas Joins Fox News to Discuss COVID-19 Fiscal Relief
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas recently appeared on Fox News' Special Report with Bret Baier . She discussed...
Representative Rouda Introduces Fiscal Responsibility & Long-Term Economic Security Act
While short-term borrowing and large deficits are necessary to fight the COVID-19 public health and economic crisis, policymakers will need to...
Over Half the COVID Fiscal Support is Now Out the Door
In response to the current pandemic and economic crisis, Congress and the President have enacted $4 trillion in spending, benefit payments, grants,...
Senate Considering Debt-Increasing Parks Legislation
This week, the Senate will consider the Great American Outdoors Act . The bill seeks to address the backlog of maintenance on public lands in a way...
Project Spotlight
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American Health Care: Rethinking the Challenges, Opportunities, and... -
There is a growing consensus that the budget process is broken.... -
In our series, Budgeting for the Next Generation,[*]we review federal... -
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has led to an... -
Our Fiscal FactCheck series holds policymakers and candidates... -
FixUS seeks to better understand the root causes of our nation’s... -
The McCrery-Pomeroy SSDI Solutions Initiative is a project dedicated... -
The Campaign to Fix the Debt is a non-partisan national movement...
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The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget is a nonpartisan, non-profit organization committed to educating the public on issues with significant fiscal policy impact.
