Regardless of political views, we should all want the federal government to spend scarce dollars wisely. An aggressive effort to reduce waste, fraud, abuse, and inefficiencies could save billions or ...

The federal budget deficit totaled $2.0 trillion between November 2023 and October 2024 according to estimates from the Congressional Budget Office's Monthly Budget Review. The rolling deficit is $188 ...

The United States borrowed $255 billion in the first month of fiscal year 2025, according to the latest Monthly Budget ...

Site-neutral reforms represent an important intersection of sound fiscal policy, lower costs for Medicare beneficiaries, and bipartisan support to help drive momentum. Lawmakers should build upon this ...

The U.S. Department of the Treasury recently released its final Monthly Treasury Statement for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024, showing a $1.8 trillion deficit for the year. The actual FY 2024 deficit is $82 ...

On Wednesday, September 18, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted our annual reception at the Observatory at America's Square. The evening featured an outdoor reception overlooking the ...

The Social Security trust funds will be insolvent by Fiscal Year (FY) 2034, according to projections by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), at which point the law calls for a 23 percent cut in ...

In a recent report, “The Trump-Vance ‘Concept’ on Health Care,” Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign claims that former President Donald Trump proposed “deep cuts to Medicare and ...

Today the Department of Education officially proposed regulations related to cancelling student debt due to “hardship.” It contains two provisions, one that cancels debt for those that the Department ...

The U.S. Treasury Department today released the final Monthly Treasury Statement for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024, confirming the budget deficit totaled $1.8 trillion. The following is a statement from Maya ...