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Bridging Our Divides: Confronting America’s Threat from Within
The United States is threatened by a paralyzed political system and growing cultural divide. Our mounting divisions are putting our nation at risk by...
Upcoming Congressional Fiscal Policy Deadlines
Updated 12/13/2019: Congress did not complete action on appropriations before the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30, although lawmakers enacted...
Appropriations Watch: FY 2020
Updated 12/13/2019: Congress did not complete action on appropriations before the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30. Congress enacted a continuing...
Erskine Bowles and Henry Paulson: How to Get Americans to Love Capitalism Again
Erskine Bowles served as chief of staff to President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 1998 and is a member of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget...
Wall Street Journal Editorial Board Takes on Temporary Tax Breaks
The Wall Street Journal editorial board wrote an opinion piece today decrying special interest tax subsidies that may be added to a year-end...
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...
Project Spotlight
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American Health Care: Rethinking the Challenges, Opportunities, and...
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There is a growing consensus that the budget process is broken....
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In our series, Budgeting for the Next Generation,[*]we review federal...
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Our Fiscal FactCheck series holds policymakers and candidates...
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FixUS seeks to better understand the root causes of our nation’s...
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The McCrery-Pomeroy SSDI Solutions Initiative is a project dedicated...
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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.