Jun 3, 2020 | Other Spending
Webinar & Chartbook: What's the Status of COVID Relief Money?
On March 27, 2020, the President signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act into law, the most sweeping economic...
Papers
View our recurring reports, which summarize and analyze the most important regular federal budget releases and reports.
Jun 2, 2020 | Other Spending
Maya MacGuineas's Testimony on Pandemic Response Oversight
On June 3, 2020, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas testified before the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee...
May 22, 2020 | Economics
Chartbook: The COVID-19 Crisis and Federal Response
The economic crisis sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic has been sharper and more dramatic than any we have experienced in our nation’s history....
Apr 23, 2020 | Budgets & Projections
Webinar & Chartbook: Unpacking the Next Phase of COVID-19 Relief
The Senate earlier this week passed the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act – the fourth piece of legislation aimed...
Apr 22, 2020 | Social Security
Analysis of the 2020 Social Security Trustees' Report
Today, the Social Security Trustees released their annual report, showing that Social Security faces a precarious and worsening financial...
Mar 30, 2020 | Budgets & Projections
CBO’s Analysis of the President’s FY 2021 Budget
Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its analysis of the President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 budget using its own assumptions to...
Mar 17, 2020 | Health Care
Choices for Financing Medicare for All
Proposals to adopt a single-payer health care system – commonly called Medicare for All – have become increasingly popular. Such proposals, which...
Mar 9, 2020 | Budgets & Projections
Budget Offsets Bank
The federal debt is at a post-war record high, deficits are set to exceed the trillion-dollar mark this year, and new initiatives are being proposed...
Budget Resolution Principles for Fiscal Year 2021
The Congressional budget resolution should establish national priorities in a responsible manner. Congress should follow these principles to craft a...
Feb 26, 2020 | Health Care
Primary Care: Estimating Democratic Candidates’ Health Plans
Senator Bernie Sanders released a new set of proposals to offset the cost of his health care plan this week. Based on these new proposals,...
Feb 25, 2020 | Budget Process
Congress Increasingly Fails to Budget
The Congressional budget process calls for an annual budget resolution to make explicit the tradeoffs between discretionary spending, direct spending...
Feb 10, 2020 | Budgets & Projections
Analysis of the President’s FY 2021 Budget
The Trump Administration released its Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 budget proposal today, outlining the President’s tax and spending priorities over the...
Jan 28, 2020 | Budgets & Projections
Analysis of CBO’s Budget and Economic Outlook (January 2020)
Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its January 2020 Budget and Economic Outlook, projecting the return of trillion-dollar deficits...
Jan 24, 2020
ARCHIVE: Primary Care: Estimating Leading Democratic Candidates’ Health Plans
Note (2/26/2020): This analysis is now out of date. We released an updated version of this analysis, available here, which includes updated offsets...
Q&A: Everything You Should Know About Government Shutdowns
The fiscal year began on Oct. 1, 2019, and Congress has enacted none of 12 appropriations bills setting discretionary spending levels. Lawmakers have...
Nov 6, 2019 | Budget Process
Letter to Senate Budget Committee: Advance Bipartisan Budget Improvements
Below is a letter sent today from Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas to Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike...
Oct 28, 2019
ARCHIVE: Choices for Financing Medicare for All: A Preliminary Analysis
Note (3/17/2020): This analysis is now out of date. We released an updated version of this analysis, available here, which includes an economic and...
Sep 24, 2019 | Social Security
Chartbook: Promoting Economic Growth through Social Security Reform
Below is a Chartbook that corresponds to the paper "Promoting Economic Growth through Social Security Reform":
Sep 19, 2019 | Social Security
Promoting Economic Growth through Social Security Reform
By Marc Goldwein, Maya MacGuineas, and Chris Towner
Executive Summary
As the population ages and an increasing share of Americans exit the...
Sep 18, 2019 | Budgets & Projections
Americans Show They Can Make Tough Federal Budget Decisions and Reduce National Debt
The national debt currently is the highest it has been as a share of the economy since just after World War II, and it is rising rapidly. This high...
