The federal budget deficit totaled $2.0 trillion over the past 12 months based on estimates from the Congressional Budget ...

The federal government spent $2.4 trillion from January through April 2025 – up $166 billion from January through April 2024, ...

The federal tax code includes numerous provisions related to energy use and production, provisions which grew dramatically in size and number as a result of the ...

The concurrent budget resolution for FY 2025 includes separate reconciliation instructions for the House and Senate. Although ...

Accordingly, we are deeply concerned about the direction reconciliation plans are moving in and strongly oppose any approach that would add to the national debt. This is a moment to reduce the debt, ...

Thirty-two Members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to House leadership today laying out their conditions for supporting a reconciliation bill, reiterating that it should “adhere to the ...

The 10-year Treasury yield today is approaching 4.4 percent, over 50 basis points above the intra-day low a month ago on ...

Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas recently appeared on Fox Business’ “Mornings with Maria” live from the 2025 Milken Institute Global Conference to discuss the na ...

The Ways and Means Committee has jurisdiction over nearly $50 trillion of spending and tax breaks that can be tapped for reconciliation, including from Me ...

The Trump Administration released its “skinny budget” today, which details plans for discretionary spending for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026. The budget would cut $163 billion of base nondefense ...