Maya MacGuineas: America's fiscal crisis is worsening. Everyone should take note. Maya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. She recently wrote an opinion piece ...

Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas recently appeared on Fox Business' "Mornings With Maria" to discuss the ongoing government shutdown negotiations, the unpreceden ...

The federal government raised $195 billion in customs duties in Fiscal Year (FY) 2025, more than 250% of what it collected in ...

Some lawmakers have called for increasing federal health care spending by $1.5 trillion to permanently extend the expiring enhanced ...

Social Security is the single largest federal spending program, providing cash benefits to 60 million seniors, disabled workers, and family members. Yet with life expectancy growing and millions of ...

The Senate has also taken numerous votes on two different continuing resolutions that would extend government funding: H.R. 5371, which has passed the House and is favored by Republicans, and S. 2882, ...

With our national debt currently at 100 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), America has never entered any kind of ...

On October 22, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted Saving the Trust Funds: New Solutions for Social ...

Medicare, a federal health insurance program, provides coverage primarily to people aged 65 and older. Its Hospital Insurance trust fund finances just Medicare Part A, which covers inpatient care in ...

The Social Security Administration announced today that beneficiaries will receive a 2.8% Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) ...

Mike Murphy is Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff for the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, where he manages policy research and analysis on a variety of topics related to fiscal ...

The Committee’s Board comprises some of the nation's leading budget experts, including many past heads of the House and Senate Budget Committees, the Congressional Budget Office, the Office of ...