The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee recently approved a five-year reauthorization of surface transportation programs – the BUILD America 250 Act – on a bipartisan basis. Based on our ...
The national debt is on an unsustainable path and represents a growing threat to the budget and economy. Increasingly, even former “fiscal doves” are raising concern. Last week, Center for American ...
The White House recently requested an $87.6 billion supplemental appropriations package. Their request includes over $70 billion for military and related expenses, including funding for the war in ...
Bill Huizenga (R-MI), and Scott Peters (D-CA) introduced the Budgeting for a Better America Act, bipartisan legislation to strengthen the congressional budget process, improve fiscal transparency, and ...
Marc Goldwein is the senior vice president and senior policy director of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.
The Education Department announced today that they will quadruple the auto-pay incentive to reduce a student loan borrower’s interest rate by 1 percent through 2028 if they enroll in auto-pay. We ...
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget submitted a statement for the record pertaining to the Senate Finance Committee hearing on "The Future of Social Security," held on June 24, 2026. The ...
The United States borrowed $1.2 trillion in the first eight months of Fiscal Year (FY) 2026, including $293 billion in May, according to the latest Monthly Treasury Statement from the Treasury ...
The Social Security and Medicare Trustees released their annual reports today on the financial status of the programs. The Trustees find that these programs are approaching insolvency and face large ...
Click on your state to see its estimated impact. Social Security’s retirement program provides benefits for 63 million Americans, including retirees, spouses, and dependents. 1 Yet we have known for ...
The U.S. Treasury Department released its Quarterly Refunding Documents for Q2 of Calendar Year 2026 today. These documents include information from Treasury and bond market participants about their ...