Dec 17, 2019 | Taxes
Let Zombie Tax Extenders Remain Dead
For Immediate Release
Last night, the House Rules Committee added a set of tax cuts to the year-end appropriations package, reviving almost...
Press Releases
Dec 16, 2019 | Budgets & Projections
Year-End Tax Cuts Would Add $470 Billion to the Debt
For Immediate Release
Press reports suggest lawmakers are negotiating a deal to combine year-end funding bills with a series of large tax cuts...
Dec 9, 2019
Statement on the Passing of Paul Volcker
For Immediate Release
Former Federal Reserve Chairman and Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget board member Paul Volcker died yesterday...
Dec 3, 2019 | Budgets & Projections
Washington Must Avoid Budget-Busting Christmas Tree Legislation
For Immediate Release
Back from Thanksgiving recess, Congress now has less than three weeks to fund the government before the current...
Nov 13, 2019 | Budgets & Projections
Budget Deficit Increases 34% in October
For Immediate Release
The Department of Treasury today announced that the deficit in October was $134 billion – a 34 percent...
Nov 13, 2019 | Budgets & Projections
Washington Should Pursue Clean Appropriations Bills
For Immediate Release
Senior appropriators confirmed yesterday their plan to pass a second continuing resolution for fiscal year 2020,...
Nov 1, 2019 | Budget Process
Fair and Smart Budget Reforms Deserve Vote
For Immediate Release
Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) and committee member Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)...
Oct 29, 2019 | Budgets & Projections
Statement on Bipartisan TRUST Act
Senators Mitt Romney (R-UT) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Representatives Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Ed Case (D-HI) introduced the TRUST Act on Tuesday...
Oct 29, 2019 | Health Care
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and West Health Launch Health Savers Initiative
For Immediate Release
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and the West Health Policy Center have launched the Health Savers Initiative, a...
Oct 28, 2019 | Other Spending
Statement on Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund
For Immediate Release
The House of Representatives is voting Monday on H.R. 2440, the Full Utilization of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Act. The...