Aug 9, 2017 | Budget Process
Letter to Chairman Enzi Encouraging A Current Law Baseline
Below is a letter from CRFB to Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) encouraging the committee to use a current law baseline.
We...
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Aug 4, 2017 | Budgets & Projections
The FY 2018 House Budget and Budget Gimmicks
The House Budget Committee recently passed a Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 budget resolution that proposes a path to a balanced budget after ten years...
Aug 3, 2017
A Mini-Bargain to Improve the Budget
A new version of this paper exists that was updated to include savings for disaster relief.
The national debt is currently at its...
Jul 17, 2017 | Taxes
Response to Chairman Hatch’s Call for Feedback on Tax Reform
Below is a statement from CRFB submitted to the Senate Finance Committee in response to Chairman Orrin Hatch's request for feedback on potential tax...
Jul 13, 2017 | Social Security
Analysis of the 2017 Social Security Trustees Report
The Social Security and Medicare Trustees today released their annual reports on the financial status of the two programs. The projections show that...
Jul 13, 2017 | Budgets & Projections
CBO’s Analysis of the President’s FY 2018 Budget
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its estimate of the President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 budget, using its own assumptions to evaluate...
Jun 29, 2017 | Budgets & Projections
Analysis of CBO’s Updated Budget and Economic Outlook (June 2017)
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released updated budget and economic projections today, continuing to show an unsustainable picture of debt...
Jun 7, 2017 | Budgets & Projections
All the President's Budget Gimmicks
The Trump Administration recently released its full Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 budget proposal, which details the President’s policies for federal...
May 24, 2017 | Budgets & Projections
President Trump’s Full FY 2018 Budget
The President released the full version of his first budget yesterday, laying out his proposals for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 and the following decade....
May 23, 2017 | Budgets & Projections
Re-Estimating the President’s Budget with Reasonable Economic Assumptions
Today, the President released his full Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 budget proposal. The Administration finds that its policies would balance the budget by...