Q&A: Everything You Should Know About Government Shutdowns
The new fiscal year (FY) will begin on October 1, 2021, and Congress has so far enacted none of the 12 appropriations bills setting discretionary...
Papers
View our recurring reports, which summarize and analyze the most important regular federal budget releases and reports.
Aug 31, 2021 | Health Care
Analysis of the 2021 Medicare Trustees' Report
The Social Security and...
Aug 31, 2021 | Social Security
Analysis of the 2021 Social Security Trustees' Report
Today, the Social Security and ...
Aug 13, 2021 | Budget Process
Reconciliation 101
Reconciliation is a special legislative process created as part of the Budget Act of 1974. It is intended to help lawmakers make the tax and...
Jul 28, 2021 | Budgets & Projections
Q&A: Everything You Should Know About the Debt Ceiling
The federal debt ceiling will be reinstated on August 1, 2021, at...
Jul 26, 2021 | Health Care
Injecting Price Competition into Medicare Part B Drugs
Medicare Part B, which covers outpatient physician services, pays for physician-administered drugs by reimbursing physicians the average cost for...
Jul 26, 2021 | Health Care
Limiting Evergreening for Name-Brand Prescription Drugs
To encourage medical innovation, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) grants temporary market exclusivities to new brand name drugs. These...
Jul 20, 2021 | Budgets & Projections
Five Reasons to Pay for New Investments
Congress and the Administration are currently negotiating and developing legislation to invest in physical infrastructure, education, and other...
Jul 14, 2021 | Taxes
Chartbook: Reducing the Tax Gap
One of the most fair and efficient ways for policymakers to raise revenue would be to close some portion of the “...
Jul 1, 2021 | Budgets & Projections
Analysis of CBO's July 2021 Budget and Economic Outlook
Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released initial details of its updated Budget...
Jun 25, 2021 | Budget Process
Appropriations 101
What are appropriations?
How does Congress determine the total level of appropriations...
May 28, 2021 | Budgets & Projections
President Biden's Full FY 2022 Budget
The Biden Administration today released its first full budget, laying out its proposals for...
May 19, 2021 | Budgets & Projections
Interest Payments in the Federal Budget
At a projected cost of over $300 billion this fiscal year,...
Apr 29, 2021 | Budgets & Projections
The Nation's Upcoming Fiscal Challenges
President Joe Biden and the nation face perhaps the most daunting fiscal situation on record. One hundred days into his presidency, President...
Apr 19, 2021 | Other Spending
COVID Bills Had $650 Billion in Extraneous Policies
Congress has authorized around $6 trillion of fiscal support in response to the COVID pandemic, with a projected net cost of well over...
Apr 13, 2021 | Other Spending
Alexander Holt's Senate Testimony on Student Debt's Burden on Borrowers and the Economy
On April 13, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget policy analyst Alexander Holt testified at the Senate Banking Subcommittee on Economic...
Apr 9, 2021 | Budgets & Projections
President Biden's FY 2022 Discretionary Budget
Today, the Biden Administration released an abridged version of the...
Mar 25, 2021 | Taxes
Maya MacGuineas's Senate Testimony on Taxation of Corporations and the Wealthy
On March 25, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas testified before the Senate Budget Committee on "Ending a Rigged...
Mar 22, 2021 | Budgets & Projections
The Case for Trust Fund Solutions
Some of the nation’s most important government programs are financed with dedicated revenue sources using federal trust funds. Four of those...
Mar 10, 2021 | Other Spending
How High Are Federal Interest Payments?
This year, the federal government will spend $300 billion on interest payments on the national debt. This is the...
