The Pell Grant program faces a large funding gap, despite the one-time infusion of funding enacted as part of the ...

Even assuming the extension only goes three years, we estimate this bill would add $300 billion to deficits. If the temporary subsidies are made permanent, we could be talking well over half a ...

Updated projections from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) show that tariffs enacted this year will reduce debt ...

Lawmakers should ensure that any extension of the enhanced ACA subsidies is not only fully paid for, but also reduces ...

The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) has updated its interactive online Social Security solvency tool, the ...

But earlier this year, the Social Security trustees issued a dire wake-up call: they project that the trust fund that allows the program to currently pay full promised benefits will be exhausted in ...

The next few years will include several predictable fiscal policy deadlines, as various policies take effect, expire, or change. Many of the deadlines could bring additional costs if Congress acts ...

Find the latest analysis and findings on Trust Fund Solutions from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.

Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its May 2022 Budget and Economic Outlook, its first baseline in almost a year. CBO’s new projections incorporate the recent surge in inflation, as ...

In 2001, the federal government ran a $128 billion budget surplus and was projected to pay off the national debt by 2009. Since then, the government has borrowed an additional $23 trillion, bringing ...

The enactment of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), new tariffs framework, and other changes have meaningfully changed the fiscal outlook since the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) January ...

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 ...