In this piece, we show that over 75 years, borrowing to fund Social Security could: Add over $150 trillion to the debt when adjusted for inflation, or over $700 trillion nominally Boost debt by over ...

The legislation to end the current government shutdown and temporarily fund the government would also wipe the current ...

The House is preparing to vote on a Continuing Resolution-Minibus appropriations bill which passed the Senate on Monday.

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Instead, policymakers should enact a clean CR to re-open the government. Then they should work to pass appropriations bills. Any sequester relief, like any ACA subsidy extension, should be fully ...

President Trump proposed paying a dividend of “at least $2,000 a person” with new tariff revenue in a post on Truth S ...

As policymakers continue to debate what’s next for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges, there has been significant ...

Today, the Board of Directors for the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget issued an open letter calling on lawmakers ...

Maya MacGuineas: America's fiscal crisis is worsening. Everyone should take note. Maya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. She recently wrote an opinion piece ...

Although a significant share of federal spending goes toward health care and Social Security, the budget covers many other areas from defense to food stamps to education.