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Jan 5, 2021 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

2021 Deficit On Course to Hit $2.3 Trillion

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Dec 31, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

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Oct 21, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget Commends Problem Solvers Caucus Budget Principles

The bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus has approved a set of principles for addressing the national debt once we have moved past the immediate health...
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Oct 16, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

Treasury Shows Record Borrowing

The Department of Treasury released its final Monthly Treasury Statement for fiscal year 2020, showing deficits totaled a record $3.1 trillion and...
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Oct 8, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

The National Debt is Now Larger than the Economy

The Congressional Budget Office published its September monthly budget review today, which estimates deficits totaled a record $3.1 trillion in...
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Oct 7, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

The Cost of the Trump and Biden Campaign Plans

Whoever is inaugurated on January 20, 2021, will face many fiscal challenges over his term. Under current law, trillion-dollar annual budget deficits...
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Oct 6, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

Maya MacGuineas: The debt is huge because Trump kept his promises

Maya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently wrote an...
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Sep 21, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

Analysis of CBO's 2020 Long-Term Budget Outlook

Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its 2020 Long-Term Budget Outlook , which shows the federal budget is on an unsustainable long...
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Sep 21, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

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...
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Sep 21, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

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...
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Sep 11, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections| Health Care| Social Security

CBO Projects Major Trust Fund Exhaustions on the Horizon

A number of important federal programs — including Social Security and Medicare — are financed through dedicated revenue sources and managed through...
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