Under the CRFB August Adjusted Baseline, debt will reach 120% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and deficits will rise to $2.6 ...

After 43 days, the last government shutdown ended on November 12 with a funding measure that provided full-year Agriculture, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Legislative Branch ...

In a new working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, economists Vadim Elenev, Tim Landvoigt, an ...

Update 12/10/2025: In place of the proposal described below, the Senate is now expected to vote on a clean three-year extension of the enhanced subsidies, which CBO estimates will cost nearly $85 ...

As the national debt continues to climb toward record levels – totaling 100% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at the end of Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 – interest on the national debt has also risen ...

The United States borrowed $439 billion in the first two months of Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 according to the latest Monthly Budget Review from the Congressional Budget Office. The following is a ...

The Senate is expected to vote soon on two health care bills ahead of the expiration of the enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies at the end of this year. The proposal offered by the Democratic ...

Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget President Maya MacGuineas recently sat down with National Interest Editor at Large Steve Clemons for a fireside chat at the first American Growth Summit in ...