Factchecking the Senate Budget Committee Hearing with CBO
At least two claims in Wednesday's Senate Budget Committee hearing with Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Keith Hall merit fact checking....
Domestic Spending
Budget Deal Would Bust Original BCA Caps
The budget deal currently being considered by Congress would increase discretionary spending caps over the next two years by $165 billion for defense...
Budget Deal Would Assure Permanent Trillion-Dollar Deficits
Note (2/9/2018): We have published an update to this blog reflecting passage of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018. It is posted here.
Lawmakers...
Q&A: Everything You Should Know About Government Shutdowns
As we’ve learned to expect, Congress seems to be waiting until the last minute to address several important fiscal priorities. One of the most...
Shutdown is a National Embarrassment
For Immediate Release
Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, said the following about the government shutdown...
Q&A: Everything You Should Know About Government Shutdowns
This paper has been updated here.
As we’ve learned to expect, Congress seems to be waiting until the last minute to address several important fiscal...
Sequester Relief is Too Costly to Add to the Credit Card
During the busy end to the year, lawmakers enacted a continuing resolution (CR) to keep the government funded through January 19. When that CR ends,...
Budgeting for the Next Generation: A New Series on Children and the Federal Budget
The federal budget is arguably the most comprehensive representation of the federal government’s priorities. Policymakers use the budget to determine...
Policymakers Should Reform Student Loan Programs
Lawmakers will need offsets to keep year-end legislation from substantially worsening the debt, and one area we've suggested in our Mini-Bargain and...
Discretionary Cap Deal Could Cost Over $100 Billion Per Year
Lawmakers are reportedly considering a year-end deal to repeal the sequester and increase discretionary spending potentially as much as $230 billion...