May 2, 2019 | Budgets & Projections
CBO Report Shows Debt Headed Toward Uncharted Waters
For Immediate Release
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released updates to its budget projections this afternoon.
Under current law, CBO...
Press Releases |
Apr 22, 2019 | Social Security
Social Security Only 16 Years From Insolvency
The Social Security and Medicare Trustees released their annual reports today, showing the Medicare Part A trust fund will be insolvent in seven...
Apr 2, 2019 | Taxes
Policymakers Should Not Add Trillions to the Debt through New Cap Deal
For Immediate Release:
House Budget Committee Chairman John Yarmuth (D-KY) released details of a plan Tuesday to forgo consideration of a budget...
Mar 22, 2019 | 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...
Mar 11, 2019 | Budgets & Projections
President’s Budget Would Add More than $10 Trillion to the Debt
For Immediate Release:
President Donald Trump released a portion of his fiscal year 2020 budget Monday, which proposes a number of tax and spending...
Mar 6, 2019
Proposed Abuse of War Spending Account Is an Egregious Gimmick
Acting Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought recently suggested that the President‘s budget will evade next year’s...
Feb 13, 2019 | Taxes
Leave Tax Extenders in the Past
Some in Congress reportedly want to revive a package of narrow tax breaks that expired 14 months ago, at the end of 2017, known as “tax extenders.”...
Feb 11, 2019
Statement on the Passing of Representative Walter Jones
For Immediate Release
Representative Walter Jones from North Carolina died yesterday, February 10, 2019. The following is a statement from Maya...
Feb 4, 2019 | Budget Process
CRFB Co-Chairs Gov. Daniels, Sec. Panetta, & Rep. Penny: Congress and President Must Make the Debt a Priority
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget Co-Chairs Governor Mitch Daniels, Secretary Leon Panetta, and Congressman Tim Penny issued the following...
Jan 28, 2019 | Budgets & Projections
CBO: Debt Still on Unsustainable Path
For Immediate Release
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its Budget and Economic Outlook for the next decade this...