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IMF Report Underscores Need for Long-Term Deficit Reduction in U.S.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) made news earlier this week when it issued a report saying that most advanced economies will not need future...
Treasury Shows Record Borrowing
The Department of Treasury released its final Monthly Treasury Statement for fiscal year 2020, showing deficits totaled a record $3.1 trillion and...
Oct 15, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release Event
Mike Murphy and Steve Richardson: Our bitter polarization won’t end with the election
Mike Murphy is t he director of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget's FixUS initiative. He recently wrote an opinion piece with FixUS...
Update: COVID-Related State & Local Aid Will Total $280 Billion
Our update to COVID Money Tracker this week incorporated new Medicaid estimates from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). These new Medicaid...
Congressional Caucus Rules Can Promote Better Budgeting
The rules establishing each party’s self-governance within Congress can affect federal budget practices. Changing them could improve the climate for...
The National Debt is Now Larger than the Economy
The Congressional Budget Office published its September monthly budget review today, which estimates deficits totaled a record $3.1 trillion in...
Project Spotlight
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Too often, election campaigns are about telling voters what they want... -
FixUS seeks to better understand the root causes of our nation’s... -
The Campaign to Fix the Debt is a non-partisan national movement... -
Our Fiscal FactCheck series holds policymakers and candidates... -
There is a growing consensus that the budget process is broken.... -
In our series, Budgeting for the Next Generation,[*]we review federal... -
The McCrery-Pomeroy SSDI Solutions Initiative is a project dedicated... -
American Health Care: Rethinking the Challenges, Opportunities, and...
Our Mission
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget is a nonpartisan, non-profit organization committed to educating the public on issues with significant fiscal policy impact.
