WASHINGTON DC (September 4, 2019) — Maya MacGuineas, President of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, argued in an opinion piece that we should have a fiscally-responsible framework for handling a recession agreed to well in advance of one. That way, if policy-makers decide to implement a stimulus plan to combat a recession, they will also have agreed to the principle that it should be paid for over time.

WASHINGTON DC (August 21, 2019) — The Congressional Budget Office released a new update Wednesday to its Budget and Economic Outlook: 2019 to 2029, the first since the recent agreement to lift budget-caps and increase spending. 

WASHINGTON DC (August 1, 2019) — The Senate passed a budget agreement Thursday to suspend the debt ceiling and raise discretionary spending caps for two years, sending the bill to President Trump, who supports it. The following is a statement from Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget:

"Today's budget vote caps a shameful period of fiscal recklessness in Washington that is unprecedented in the context of our current fiscal state.

WASHINGTON DC (July 26, 2019) — Congressional leaders and the President announced a proposed budget deal yesterday to raise the caps on discretionary spending for Fiscal Years (FY) 2020 and 2021. Unfortunately, the deal's two-year cost of $320 billion includes just $55 billion of ten-year offsets and sets the stage for a total of $1.7 trillion in additional debt.