This November, the Supreme Court will hold oral arguments on whether a large swath of President Trump‘s tariffs are illegal or not, possibly leading to a ruling before the end of the year. The U.S.

Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 will end at midnight on September 30, and unless policymakers agree on passing all 12 appropriations bills or passing a continuing resolution (CR) before then, the federal ...

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently released its updated economic projections for 2025 through 2028, updated from its ...

Chris Towner is the policy director for the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He recently wrote an op-ed for the Washington Monthly, an excerpt of which is below: ...

Although a significant share of federal spending goes toward health care and Social Security, the budget covers many other areas from defense to food stamps to education.

Find the latest analysis and findings on Congressional budgets from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.

Appropriations are decisions made by Congress about how to allocate a portion of federal spending. In general, the appropriations process addresses the discretionary portion of the federal budget – ...

Find the latest analysis and findings on health care from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.

Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 will end on September 30, and Congress has so far enacted zero of the 12 full-year appropriations bills to fund the government for FY 2026. Policymakers have until midnight on ...

The Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds are only seven years from insolvency, at which point the law calls for deep across-the-board cuts in benefits. Please join us for a wide-ranging discussion ...