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26 Congressional Research Service reports and publications

Dismissals of Members of Puerto Rico’s Financial Oversight and Management Board
2025-09-30 · Posts · IN12598 · HTML available · PDF available
Debt Limit Suspensions
2025-09-11 · Posts · IN11829 · HTML available · PDF available
Puerto Rico’s Fiscal Recovery Under PROMESA: A Look Back, Pending Obligations, and the Road Ahead
2025-07-16 · Testimony · TE10113 · HTML available · PDF available
Federal Debt and the Debt Limit in 2025
2025-06-24 · Posts · IN12045 · HTML available · PDF available
Overview of Recent Fiscal Spending Projections
2025-03-26 · Posts · IN12535 · HTML available · PDF available
Tariffs and Federal Finances: A Thumbnail History
2025-01-10 · Posts · IN12482 · HTML available · PDF available
Overview of the FY2025 Federal Budget Projections
2025-01-03 · Posts · IN12477 · HTML available · PDF available
Downloadable Federal Budget Data: Spending by Function, Subfunction, and Agency
2024-11-19 · Posts · IN12460 · HTML available · PDF available
A Binding Debt Limit: Background and Possible Consequences
2024-10-04 · Reports · R48209 · HTML available · PDF available
The FY2025 President’s Budget in Historical Context
2024-09-10 · Posts · IN12340 · HTML available · PDF available
Integrating Federal Estimates of Income, Consumption, and Wealth: Policy Issues
2024-05-31 · Posts · IN12371 · HTML available · PDF available
Discretionary Budget Authority by Subfunction: An Overview
2024-03-21 · Reports · R41726 · HTML available · PDF available
Slower Population Growth, Economic Growth, and U.S. Fiscal Prospects
2024-03-07 · Posts · IN12327 · HTML available · PDF available
Trends in Mandatory Spending
2023-11-07 · Reports · R44641 · HTML available · PDF available
Consol-Type Perpetual Bonds and the Debt Limit: In Brief
2023-07-31 · Reports · R47638 · HTML available · PDF available
The Debt Limit Since 2011
2022-12-23 · Reports · R43389 · HTML available · PDF available
Puerto Rico’s Public Debts: Accumulation and Restructuring
2022-05-02 · Reports · R46788 · HTML available · PDF available
Clearing the Air on the Debt Limit: Platinum Coins, the Fourteenth Amendment, and More
2021-11-10 · Reports · R45011 · HTML available · PDF available
Economic and Fiscal Conditions in the U.S. Virgin Islands
2020-02-13 · Reports · R45235 · HTML available · PDF available
Economics of Federal User Fees
2019-01-22 · Reports · R45463 · HTML available · PDF available
Has the U.S. Government Ever “Defaulted”?
2016-12-08 · Reports · R44704 · HTML available
The Federal Budget: Understanding Fiscal Outcomes
2016-08-17 · Resources · IF10453 · HTML available
Puerto Rico’s Current Fiscal Challenges
2016-06-03 · Reports · R44095 · HTML available
The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases
2015-11-02 · Reports · RL31967 · HTML available
Reaching the Debt Limit: Background and Potential Effects on Government Operations
2015-03-27 · Reports · R41633 · HTML available · PDF available
The Budget Control Act and Trends in Discretionary Spending
2014-11-26 · Reports · RL34424 · HTML available