Jan 4, 2017 | Health Care
The Cost of Full Repeal of the Affordable Care Act
The Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as “Obamacare,” includes a number of provisions to expand health care coverage, as well as...
Papers
View our recurring reports, which summarize and analyze the most important regular federal budget releases and reports.
Dec 14, 2016 | Budgets & Projections
The Cost of Rising Interest Rates
This paper has been updated and is avaible here
Over...
Dec 8, 2016 | Social Security
A Bipartisan Social Security Commission
In 1981, the Social Security trust funds were nearly empty and President Ronald Reagan and Congressional leaders in both parties appointed the...
Dec 6, 2016 | Budget Process
Reconciliation 101
Note: We have updated this paper, please see our Updated Reconciliation 101....
Dec 1, 2016 | Budgets & Projections
Governing through Leadership: Steps to Secure Our Fiscal Future
A Memorandum to President-Elect Donald J. Trump
TO:...
Nov 3, 2016 | Budgets & Projections
A Lame Duck President in 2017?
by C. Eugene Steuerle, Maya MacGuineas, Tyler Evilsizer, and Caleb Quakenbush
This report represents a joint project of the...
Oct 18, 2016 | Budgets & Projections
What Would Clinton and Trump Need to Do to Address the Debt Along with their Policy Agendas?
We recently estimated that Clinton's policies would...
Sep 22, 2016 | Budgets & Projections
Promises and Price Tags: An Update
Update: On November 2, 2016, we added an appendix to this update that summarizes the policies that the candidates...
Sep 20, 2016 | Social Security
Sizing Up Social Security's Solvency Challenge
Social Security faces a large shortfall between scheduled benefits and dedicated revenue, and the program is currently on a path toward insolvency...
Sep 8, 2016 | Budgets & Projections
Fix The Debt Co-Chair Senator Judd Gregg's Testimony on the Direction, Drivers and Dangers of the Federal Debt
On September 8, 2016, Campaign to Fix the Debt Co-Chair and former Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH) testified before the Joint Economic Committee on...
Sep 8, 2016 | Budgets & Projections
CRFB Co-Chair Governor Mitch Daniels's Testimony on the Direction, Drivers and Dangers of the Federal Debt
On September 8, 2016, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget co-chair and president of Purdue University Governor Mitch Daniels testified...
Sep 8, 2016 | Budgets & Projections
CRFB Board Member Alice Rivlin's Testimony on the Direction, Drivers, and Dangers of the Federal Debt
On September 8, 2016, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget board member and Brookings Institution senior fellow Alice Rivlin testified...
Running on Empty? Fiscal Space and the Next Recession
The national debt increased dramatically during and after the Great Recession, rising from 35 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2007 to...
Aug 23, 2016 | Budgets & Projections
Report: Analysis of CBO's August 2016 Budget and Economic Outlook
Budget deficits are on the rise, according to the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO’s) budget and economic projections released today...
Aug 11, 2016 | Budget Process
The Better Budget Process Initiative: Senate Budget Procedures - Prospects for Reform
Before the Senate adjourned in July for summer recess, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) released an outline recommending changes...
Jul 12, 2016 | Budgets & Projections
Report: The 2016 CBO Long-Term Budget Outlook
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its 2016 Long-Term Budget Outlook today, outlining the projected budget picture for the next three...
Jul 6, 2016 | Budgets & Projections
Chartbook: Promises and Price Tags
Below is a new chartbook with the key figures and graphs from our paper,...
Jun 27, 2016 | Budgets & Projections
Promises and Price Tags: A Fiscal Guide to the 2016 Election
NOTE: This is an old version of this analysis and contains out-of-date estimates with policies proposed through June...
Jun 22, 2016 | Social Security
Analysis of the 2016 Social Security Trustees Report
Today, the Social Security and Medicare Trustees released their annual reports on the financial status of each program. The projections show that...
Jun 15, 2016 | Budget Process
Maya MacGuineas's Testimony on Setting a Fiscal Goal
On June 15, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas testified before the House Budget Committee on "Setting a Fiscal...
