Mar 11, 2020 | Budgets & Projections
Monthly Deficit Hits New Record
For Immediate Release
The United States ran a record-high budget deficit in February 2020. According to the Monthly Treasury Statement released...
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Mar 10, 2020 | Health Care
Policymakers Should Act Quickly and Responsibly to Boost the Economy
For Immediate Release
The threat of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has spooked markets and appears likely to significantly weaken the economy...
Mar 9, 2020
How the New Tech Addiction Model Could Undermine Capitalism
For Immediate Release
As confidence in capitalism declines amid growing income inequality and fiscal unsustainability, new technology business...
Feb 10, 2020 | Budgets & Projections
President’s Budget Mixes Real Proposals and Fantasy Assumptions
For Immediate Release
Today, President Trump released his budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021, outlining his tax and spending agenda over the next...
Feb 10, 2020
John Buhl Named New Director of Media Relations
For Immediate Release
John Buhl has been named the Director of Media Relations at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. Starting today,...
Feb 5, 2020 | Budgets & Projections
State of the Union Ignores Trillion-Dollar Deficits
For Immediate Release
President Trump delivered his third State of the Union Address last night. Notably absent from his speech was any mention of...
Jan 28, 2020 | Budgets & Projections
The Return of Trillion-Dollar Deficits
For Immediate Release
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its Budget and Economic Outlook for the next decade this afternoon,...
Jan 13, 2020 | Budgets & Projections
FixUS Initiative Launches to Better Understand & Address Growing National Divisions
For Immediate Release
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget is launching FixUS, a new project to better understand and address the...
Budget Deal Shows Bipartisan Failure of Leadership
For Immediate Release
Later today, President Trump is expected to sign into law a $1.4 trillion spending package, appropriated through two...
Dec 17, 2019 | Taxes
Let Zombie Tax Extenders Remain Dead
For Immediate Release
Last night, the House Rules Committee added a set of tax cuts to the year-end appropriations package, reviving almost...