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@BudgetHawks

The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget is a nonpartisan group of budget experts concerned about this nation's fiscal future. crfb.org/subscribe

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@BudgetHawks
Jan 10
☑️Objective. ☑️Nonpartisan. ☑️Committed to Fiscal Responsibility. Follow the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget for our latest analysis of what's shaping the fiscal conversation in Washington. 🔗crfb.org | 📲@BudgetHawks
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@BudgetHawks
Jan 2, 2019
.@SteveRattner: "The tax cut, combined with an equally formidable new spending bill, is producing one of the biggest peacetime federal budget deficits. As low as $439 billion in 2015, the fiscal gap is now on track to exceed $1 trillion in 2020." nytimes.com/2018/12/31/opi…
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@BudgetHawks
Feb 6, 2025
➡️ We're working to estimate this – but this could add anywhere from $5 to $11 trillion to the deficit, depending on the details. That would require a lot of offsets: crfb.org/budget-offsets….
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Budget Offsets Bank | Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
With the national debt on course to exceed its record as a share of the economy in the next two years, interest payments on the debt surging, and major trust funds approaching insolvency, policymak...
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@BudgetHawks
Oct 21, 2017
“There was a time not long ago when many congressional Republicans demanded a budget that balanced within 10 years.”
Republicans Rally Around Raising the Deficit
From theatlantic.com
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@BudgetHawks
Jun 27, 2025
🚨BREAKING: As it currently stands, the Senate reconciliation bill is likely to add $3.5 to $4.2 trillion to the debt through FY 2034, based on our estimates. That’s $500B to $1.5 trillion more than the House-passed bill. It will mean the Senate is likely out of compliance with
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@BudgetHawks
Mar 13, 2025
💰The government will spend $86 trillion over the next decade. 🪙And lawmakers are complaining about reducing spending by $2 trillion? That doesn't add up. ⤵️
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@BudgetHawks
Jun 27, 2025
🚨INSOLVENCY WARNING🚨 We estimate the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) would accelerate Social Security and Medicare insolvency by a year, to 2032. The bill would impact Social Security and Medicare indirectly, mainly by reducing the revenue collected from the income taxation
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@BudgetHawks
Mar 16, 2018
We are in for a rude awakening.
Donald Trump adds $1 trillion to national debt in 14 months
From washingtontimes.com
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@BudgetHawks
Feb 20, 2020
.@PeteButtigieg says @BernieSanders #Medicare4All would require an increase in payroll taxes. We find that’s right - it would require a new 32% payroll tax: crfb.org/papers/choices… #DemDebate
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@BudgetHawks
May 13, 2021
How big is the federal debt? And where does all the money go? Test your knowledge and learn about #BudgetingfortheFuture futurebudget.org
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@BudgetHawks
May 15, 2025
🚨NEW: The House's reconciliation bill is estimated to add $3.3T to debt including interest, or $5.2T if temporary provisions are made permanent. But because new borrowing is front-loaded and offsets are back-loaded, the bill would add massively to near-term deficits – nearly
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@BudgetHawks
Nov 3, 2017
The House GOP tax plan could add over $2 trillion to the debt -> crfb.org/blogs/house-ta…
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@BudgetHawks
Oct 5, 2016
.@timkaine is right. Trump would increase debt much more than Clinton. #debates crfb.org/papers/promise… #debates
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@BudgetHawks
Nov 8, 2021
🚨BREAKING🚨 We published our summary of the House’s #BuildBackBetter Act. Read our summary here: crfb.org/blogs/whats-ho…