Mitch Daniels is the president emeritus of Purdue University, a former governor of Indiana, a former director of the Office of Management and Budget, and a co-Chair of the Committee for a Respo ...

With the national debt on course to reach a new record as a share of the economy in just three years, it should be a common-sense measure to repeal this credit, use the savings to reduce the deficit, ...

From September 2023 through August 2024, the federal budget deficit totaled $2.1 trillion based on estimates from the ...

Improper payments cost the federal government $236 billion in Fiscal Year (FY) 2023, according to testimony from the Gove ...

The House of Representatives is expected to vote this week on a joint resolution to disapprove a rule finalized by the ...

Members of Congress recently filed a discharge petition on a bill to repeal Social Security’s Windfall Elimination Provision ...

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 ...

According to a complaint filed by a coalition of state attorneys general (AGs) led by Missouri, the Department of E ...

In the first eleven months of fiscal year 2024, the United States borrowed $1.9 trillion, including $381 billion in August, ...

The “Earned Income Tax Credit” is paid out to working families with low to moderate incomes. A family with more children receives a larger credit. The Earned Income Tax Credit is listed as both a ...

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