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Jul 20, 2021 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

Five Reasons to Pay for New Investments

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Jul 19, 2021 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections| Other Spending

True Cost of Budget Plan Could Exceed $5 Trillion

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Feb 7, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

These 3 Parts of the Budget Explain 87% of Spending Growth

The Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) latest baseline shows that deficits and debt are rising unsustainably , driven by the failure of revenue to...
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Feb 1, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

Maya MacGuineas: How to Keep the Government Running When Lawmakers Fail To Do Their Job

Maya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently wrote an...
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Feb 1, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

The Two Factors That Explain the Improvement in the Budget Outlook

This year's Congressional Budget Office (CBO) budget outlook was a slight improvement over last April's , although it still shows a troubling outlook...
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Jan 30, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

CBO: Debt-to-GDP Will Double in Three Decades

CBO’s latest baseline projected that current law debt will rise rapidly from today’s post-war record-high levels over the next decade. Buried further...
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Jan 28, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

Analysis of CBO’s January 2019 Budget and Economic Outlook

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its Budget and Economic Outlook today, projecting high and rising deficits and debt over the next...
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Jan 28, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

CBO: Debt Still on Unsustainable Path

For Immediate Release The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its Budget and Economic Outlook for the next decade this morning, which warned...
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Jan 28, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

CBO Budget Projections Show Bleak Outlook

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released its 2019 budget and economic projections , and the budget outlook is very bleak. CBO's baseline...
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Jan 16, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

More Borrowing Not a Shutdown Solution

For Immediate Release Recently, several senators have suggested increasing next year’s discretionary spending caps as part of a deal to secure wall...
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Jan 11, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections| Economics

CBO: Fixing the Debt Could Increase Average Income by $6,000 Per Person

While some recent commentators have suggested Americans stop worrying about our debt , evidence shows there is a significant upside to addressing our...
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