The House is scheduled to vote today on the Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act. Among other provisions, the ...

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

In the piece, Senator Romney focuses on the looming insolvency of Social Security and the dangers of our unsustainably rising ...

The House passed the Lower Premiums for All Americans Act. The bill – one of more than a dozen plans released in recent weeks ahead of the expiration of the enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) ...

Maddie Brown Shirley is a Master of Public Policy Student at the George Washington University. She served as the Ed Lorenzen fiscal intern in Fall 2025. For more information about Ed Lorenzen and his ...

Find the latest analysis and findings on our budget simulator tool from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.

As the national debt continues to climb toward record levels – totaling 100% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at the end of ...

Policymakers have approved $1.5 trillion in net new ten-year borrowing in 2025, according to the Committee for a Responsible ...

The national debt is on course to reach a record share of the economy under the next presidential administration, due in part to policies approved by Presidents Trump and Biden during their time in ...

Social Security is rapidly approaching insolvency. The retirement trust fund is seven years from exhaustion, and the theoretically combined trust funds are nine years from running out. Without ...

Sources: Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget estimates mainly based on data from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and U.S. Census Bureau. Although we assume these would be “minimum” ...

CBO’s updated economic projections have changed primarily due to the implementation of new tariffs, numerous tax and spending changes from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), and significant ...