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Apr 16, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

Why Should We Worry About the National Debt?

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Apr 12, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

Maya MacGuineas and Mike Murphy in USA Today: Disastrous Record Deficits Threaten US Future

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Apr 18, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

GAO: "Federal Government Is on an Unsustainable Fiscal Path"

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released its long-term budget projections, and, like other forecasts, it projects that debt will...
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Apr 16, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

Why Should We Worry About the National Debt: Questions and Answers

“Why Should We Worry About the National Debt?” describes six important ways that the growing national debt will affect the budget and the economy....
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Apr 16, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

Why Should We Worry About the National Debt?

Though the national debt is at a post-war high, the willingness of policymakers to address it seems as if it is at an all-time low. The last two...
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Apr 12, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

Maya MacGuineas and Mike Murphy in USA Today: Disastrous Record Deficits Threaten US Future

Maya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and Mike Murphy is director of the Committee's new initiative, FixUS....
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Apr 9, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

House Spending Plan Would Increase Discretionary Spending to Record Levels

The House Budget Committee proposal to raise the caps on discretionary spending would add over $2 trillion in projected debt over the next...
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Apr 5, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

New Budget Cap Plan Would Cost As Much As the Tax Cuts

Earlier this week, the House Budget Committee reported a bill – the Investing for the People Act of 2019 – that would increase current law caps on...
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Apr 1, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

Last Year Was the Only Where Congress Did Not Vote On a Budget

Last year was a historically bad year for the Congressional budget process. Since 1976, it was the first time that neither the Senate or House voted...
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Mar 27, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

Tyler Evilsizer: Fiscal Negligence of Recent Congresses Must Be Dealt With Now

Tyler Evilsizer is deputy policy director at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He recently wrote an opinion piece for...
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Mar 22, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

Senate Budget Plan Includes Realistic Deficit Reduction

For Immediate Release: Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) introduced today a Chairman’s Mark of the Fiscal Year 2020 budget...
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