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Appropriations Watch: FY 2021
Updated 9/21/2020: The House is expected to consider a continuing resolution through Dec. 11, 2020 , on Tuesday, Sept. 22. Congress began preliminary...
CBO Releases 2020 Long-Term Budget Outlook
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just released its 2020 Long-Term Budget Outlook , showing the federal budget is on an unsustainable long-term...
The Long-Term Debt Outlook is Unsustainable
For Immediate Release The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its Long-Term Budget Outlook today, which warns that our current high levels of...
Maya MacGuineas Joins ABC News Live to Discuss Payroll Tax Deferral
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget President Maya MacGuineas recently appeared on ABC News Live. She joined the show to discuss the payroll...
Q&A: Everything You Should Know About Government Shutdowns
The new fiscal year (FY) will begin on October 1, 2020, and Congress has so far enacted none of the 12 appropriations bills setting discretionary...
Sep 16, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release Event
Big Ideas: Cybersecurity Conversation with Senator Angus King and Representative Mike Gallagher
The United States faces an unprecedented challenge when it comes to cyber preparedness. From attacks on critical infrastructure to state and non-...
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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... -
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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