Apr 10, 2018 | Budget Process
Missing from Balanced Budget Amendment Debate: A Budget
For Immediate Release
The House of Representatives will vote on a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution on Thursday. The following is a...
Press Releases
Spending Deal Sets Dangerous Precedent
For Immediate Release
Congressional leaders unveiled late Wednesday a bipartisan spending agreement to fund the government through the remainder of...
Mar 20, 2018
Statement on the Passing of Peter G. Peterson
For Immediate Release
The following is a statement from Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, on the passing...
Feb 26, 2018 | Budget Process
Budget Summit to Spur Action on Reform
For Immediate Release
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget convened the first annual “Better Budget Process Summit” Monday in Washington,...
Feb 23, 2018 | Budget Process
CRFB Statement on Joint Select Committee Members
For Immediate Release
House leaders named several members Friday to the Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process Reform, a...
Feb 12, 2018 | Budgets & Projections
President's Budget Doesn't Meet the Fiscal Realities
For Immediate Release
President Trump released his Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 budget on Monday. The following is a statement from Maya MacGuineas,...
Budget Deal Could Lead to $2 Trillion Deficits
For Immediate Release
Congress passed a massive budget agreement early Friday that adds almost $420 billion with interest to the national debt over...
Budget Deal Will Bring Back Trillion-Dollar Deficits and Could Ultimately Add More Than $1.5 Trillion to the Debt
For Immediate Release
Senate leaders have agreed to a massive budget deal raising the defense and nondefense spending caps for two years, increasing...
Jan 30, 2018 | Budgets & Projections
President Trump Fails to Address Growing National Debt in State of the Union Speech
For Immediate Release
President Donald Trump delivered his first State of the Union address on Tuesday. Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee...
Jan 29, 2018
Statement on the Passing of Ed Lorenzen + How You Can Help
For Immediate Release
It is with profound sadness that the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget announces the untimely death of our senior...