Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

Press Releases | September 2021

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No Score, No Vote: House Should Not Vote on Reconciliation Without a Score

For Immediate Release Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) recently called for the House of Representatives to pass its reconciliation bill, the Build Back...
Sep 15, 2021 | Taxes

SALT Cap Repeal Does Not Belong in Reconciliation

For Immediate Release Though the recent draft tax legislation proposed by the Ways and Means Committee is silent on the issue of the $10,...
Sep 9, 2021 | Budgets & Projections

CBO Reports $173 Billion Deficit for August

The United States borrowed over $2.7 trillion in the first 11 months of fiscal year 2021, including $173 billion in...
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Sep 9, 2021 | Budgets & Projections

Responsibly Raising the Debt Limit

Yesterday, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Congress that the Treasury is likely to run out of extraordinary measures in October....
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Sep 7, 2021 | Budgets & Projections

Keeping Offsets on the Table

As lawmakers work to put together a reconciliation package that could include up to $3.5 trillion of gross spending and tax breaks, resistance has...