Maya MacGuineas: Make the budget committees great again
Maya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt.
Congressional Budgets
Burchett and Case Reintroduce RAFT Act
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Pell Program Faces Funding Cliff in 2026
The Congressional Budget Office projects the Pell program will deplete its reserve fund by 2026 and face cumulative deficits of $18 billion by 2031
Now's Not the Time to Raid the Pell Surplus
With 2020 college enrollment down as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pell Grant program may add more to its reserves than previously estimated...
William Hoagland: The Ghosts of Budgets Past, Present & Future
G. William Hoagland is Senior Vice President at the Bipartisan Policy Center and a member of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He...
Problem Solvers Release Budget Principles
Earlier this week, the Congressional Problem Solvers Caucus, a bipartisan group of pragmatic representatives led by Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) and...
Pairing Debt Limit Reform with Budget Goals
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget has long called for Congress to establish fiscal targets and reform the debt limit...
Correcting the Record on the Enzi-Whitehouse Budget Reforms
Prior to the COVID-19 public health and economic crisis, the Senate Budget Committee approved the Bipartisan Congressional Budget Reform Act....
House Members Promote a Bipartisan Framework for Budget Reforms
A bipartisan group of 60 lawmakers, led by Representatives Scott Peters (D-CA) and Jodey Arrington (R-TX), released a letter to House leadership this...
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget Hails Responsible Economic Leadership
A bipartisan group of 60 members of Congress – led by Reps. Scott Peters (D-CA) and Jodey Arrington (R-TX) – issued a letter today supporting...