Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

Chartbook: The February 2026 CBO Baseline: What It Says (and What It Means)

On February 18, 2026, Chris Towner, policy director of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, gave a presentation on the February 2026 Congressional Budget Office (CBO) baseline.
Committee for a Responsible Federal BudgetOpinion

Maya MacGuineas: Myths and Fearmongering are Driving Social Security to Insolvency

Maya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. She recently wrote an opinion piece for the ...
Opinion
Committee for a Responsible Federal BudgetOpinion

What Happens If DHS Shuts Down

Funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will expire at midnight tonight. Absent a last-minute agreement to fund DHS today, it will commence a shutdown on Monday. The other 11 ...
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

90% of Spending Growth Will Come From Health, Retirement, Veterans, & Interest

Over the coming decade, the vast majority of growth in federal government spending will come from just four parts of the federal budget: Social Security, health care, mandatory veterans’ programs, ...