Budgeting for the Next Generation: Options to Improve Budgeting for Children
Children have less ability to meet their needs in the short term and more potential in the long term than other age groups, but federal policy does...
Papers
View our recurring reports, which summarize and analyze the most important regular federal budget releases and reports.
Aug 16, 2018 | Other Spending
Budgeting for the Next Generation: Does the Budget Process Prioritize Children?
Compared to other age groups, children have higher levels of poverty, less ability to provide for themselves, and greater potential to support future...
Aug 8, 2018 | Budgets & Projections
CBO’s Alternative Long-Term Budget Scenarios
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released alternative scenarios to its Long-Term Budget Outlook today. These scenarios show that if the recent...
Jul 12, 2018 | Budgets & Projections
Letter to the Veterans Affairs Conference Committee
Below is a letter from CRFB President Maya MacGuineas to the conferees appointed to negotiate between the House and Senate versions of the Veterans...
Jul 12, 2018 | Budget Process
Leon Panetta's Testimony on Budget and Appropriations Process Reforms
On July 12, 2018, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget Co-Chair Leon Panetta testified before the Joint Select Committee on Budget and...
Jun 27, 2018 | Budget Process
The Better Budget Process Initiative: Recommendations for the JSC
The Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process Reform (JSC) has the opportunity to make important improvements to the budget process...
Jun 26, 2018 | Budgets & Projections
CBO's 2018 Long-Term Budget Outlook
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its 2018 Long-Term Budget Outlook today, reiterating the budget’s unsustainable long-term trajectory....
Jun 7, 2018 | Health Care
Analysis of the 2018 Medicare Trustees' Report
The Medicare Trustees have released their 2018 report on the financial status of Medicare. The report shows that Medicare spending will increase...
Jun 7, 2018 | Other Spending
Budgeting for the Next Generation: How Do Kids Fare?
When it comes to fiscal policy, it is increasingly clear that children are not a high priority. Recent tax cuts and spending increases have burdened...
Jun 5, 2018 | Social Security
Analysis of the 2018 Social Security Trustees’ Report
The Trustees for Social Security released their annual report today. As they have for many years, their projections show that the Social Security...
May 30, 2018 | Budget Process
Appropriations 101
This paper has been updated here.
What are appropriations?
Appropriations are annual decisions made by Congress about how the federal government...
May 30, 2018 | Economics
Can America Sustain the Recent Economic Boost?
Key Takeaways:
The good news is that the economy is doing well; however, this is unlikely to turn into sustained growth at the same rate.
Short-...
May 24, 2018 | Budgets & Projections
CBO’s Analysis of the President’s FY 2019 Budget
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its estimate of the President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 budget using its own assumptions to evaluate the...
May 24, 2018 | Budget Process
Maya MacGuineas's Testimony on Budget Resolution Reforms
On May 24, 2018, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas testified before the Joint Select Committee on Budget and...
May 16, 2018 | Health Care
American Health Care: Health Spending and the Federal Budget
The United States spends more on health care than any other country in the world, and a large share of that spending comes from the federal...
May 10, 2018 | Budget Process
Chartbook: Playing By the (Budget) Rules
Below is a Chartbook that corresponds to the paper "Playing By the (Budget) Rules: Understanding and Preventing Budget Gimmicks"
Apr 30, 2018 | Budgets & Projections
Chartbook: America's Budget Outlook
Below is a chartbook on America's deteriorating budget outlook.
Update (5/15/18): We clarified the footnote on slide 9 to more clearly...
Apr 12, 2018 | Budget Process
Letter to Members of Congress on Statutory Budget Deadline
The statutory deadline for a budget is April 15 and no budget is in sight. Instead, members of the House of Representatives are voting on a balanced...
Apr 9, 2018 | Budgets & Projections
Analysis of CBO’s April 2018 Budget and Economic Outlook
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its ten-year budget and economic outlook today, showing that recent legislation has made an already...
Mar 29, 2018 | Budgets & Projections
Chartbook: America's Deteriorating Budget Outlook
An updated version of this chartbook is available here
Below is a chartbook on America's deteriorating budget outlook.
