Sep 21, 2020 | Budgets & Projections
Analysis of CBO's 2020 Long-Term Budget Outlook
Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its 2020 Long-Term Budget Outlook, which shows the federal budget is on an unsustainable...
Papers | September 2020
View our recurring reports, which summarize and analyze the most important regular federal budget releases and reports.
Sep 17, 2020 | Budget Process
Better Budget Process Initiative: Automatic CRs Can Improve the Appropriations Process
A government shutdown could occur at the end of this month. This year’s appropriations process is at a standstill, and disagreement over further...
Q&A: Everything You Should Know About Government Shutdowns
The new fiscal year (FY) will begin on October 1, 2020, and Congress has so far enacted none of the 12 appropriations bills setting discretionary...
Sep 9, 2020 | Budgets & Projections
Comparing President Trump’s Record to His 2016 Agenda
During the 2016 campaign, US Budget Watch estimated that then-candidate Donald Trump’s proposed agenda would add $4.6 trillion to budget deficits...
Sep 2, 2020 | Budgets & Projections
Analysis of CBO’s September 2020 Budget Outlook
Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its updated budget outlook – the first to incorporate the effects of the COVID-19...