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 appropriations process for Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 has begun, with action expected in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. The appropriations process for FY 2026 was completed in April ...
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 ...
In its new report, “The Nation’s Fiscal Health,” the Government Accountability Office (GAO) projects the national debt will rise to 251 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 2056 under a “current ...
The Medicaid program provides health insurance to roughly 70 million lower-income Americans and is jointly financed by states and the federal government. 1 The federal government covers about 65% of ...
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 ...
As lawmakers begin discussions over advancing a third budget reconciliation bill in the 119 th Congress, they should keep focus on the country’s massive deficits and debt, along with real concerns ...
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