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60 Congressional Research Service reports and publications

Debt Limit Suspensions
2025-09-11 · Posts · IN11829 · HTML available · PDF available
Federal Credit Programs: Comparing Fair Value and the Federal Credit Reform Act (FCRA)
2025-06-25 · Reports · R44193 · HTML available · PDF available
Economic Forecasts and Projections: Fact Sheet
2025-06-24 · Reports · R47295 · HTML available · PDF available
Federal Debt and the Debt Limit in 2025
2025-06-24 · Posts · IN12045 · HTML available · PDF available
The Role of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in Budget Development: In Brief
2025-05-22 · Reports · R47089 · HTML available · PDF available
The Executive Budget Process: An Overview
2025-05-22 · Reports · R47019 · HTML available · PDF available
The Role of the President in Budget Development: In Brief
2025-05-22 · Reports · R47092 · HTML available · PDF available
Surface Transportation Devolution: Shifting Responsibility to States and Localities
2025-05-15 · Reports · R44811 · HTML available · PDF available
H.Con.Res. 14: The Budget Resolution for FY2025
2025-05-09 · Reports · R48532 · HTML available · PDF available
Overview of Recent Fiscal Spending Projections
2025-03-26 · Posts · IN12535 · HTML available · PDF available
The Debt Limit
2025-03-07 · Resources · IF10292 · HTML available · PDF available
Sequestration as a Budget Enforcement Process: Frequently Asked Questions
2025-03-04 · Reports · R42972 · HTML available · PDF available
Debt Limit Policy Questions: What Are the Potential Economic Effects of a Binding Federal Debt Limit?
2025-03-03 · Reports · R47574 · HTML available · PDF available
Dynamic Scoring for Tax Legislation: A Review of Models
2025-01-27 · Reports · R43381 · HTML available · PDF available
Overview of the FY2025 Federal Budget Projections
2025-01-03 · Posts · IN12477 · HTML available · PDF available
Overview of the Federal Tax System in 2024
2024-12-18 · Reports · R48313 · HTML available · PDF available
Downloadable Federal Budget Data: Spending by Function, Subfunction, and Agency
2024-11-19 · Posts · IN12460 · HTML available · PDF available
The FY2025 President’s Budget in Historical Context
2024-09-10 · Posts · IN12340 · HTML available · PDF available
Discretionary Spending in 10 Graphs
2024-08-22 · Reports · R48164 · HTML available · PDF available
Integrating Federal Estimates of Income, Consumption, and Wealth: Policy Issues
2024-05-31 · Posts · IN12371 · HTML available · PDF available
Slower Population Growth, Economic Growth, and U.S. Fiscal Prospects
2024-03-07 · Posts · IN12327 · HTML available · PDF available
Debt Limit Policy Questions: How Long Do Extraordinary Measures Last?
2024-01-25 · Posts · IN12147 · HTML available · PDF available
The Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) in FY2024: Current Status
2024-01-10 · Posts · IN12296 · HTML available · PDF available
Points of Order in the Congressional Budget Process
2024-01-08 · Reports · R47413 · HTML available · PDF available
The Federal Tax Gap: Overview, Analysis, and Policy Options
2023-11-30 · Reports · R47858 · HTML available · PDF available
The FRA’s Discretionary Spending Caps Under a CR: FAQs
2023-11-08 · Posts · IN12183 · HTML available · PDF available
Congressional Rules Pertaining to Changes in Mandatory Program Spending in Appropriations Bills (CHIMPs)
2023-09-21 · Reports · R47705 · HTML available · PDF available
Consol-Type Perpetual Bonds and the Debt Limit: In Brief
2023-07-31 · Reports · R47638 · HTML available · PDF available
Debating the Public Debt Clause
2023-06-01 · Posts · LSB10973 · HTML available · PDF available
Dynamic Scoring in the Congressional Budget Process
2023-03-06 · Reports · R46233 · HTML available · PDF available
Deficits, Debt, and the Economy: An Introduction
2022-12-20 · Reports · R44383 · HTML available · PDF available
Debt and Deficits: Spending, Revenue, and Economic Growth
2022-12-08 · Resources · IF11037 · HTML available · PDF available
Expiration of the Discretionary Spending Limits: Frequently Asked Questions
2022-11-18 · Reports · R46752 · HTML available · PDF available
Addressing the Long-Run Deficit: A Comparison of Approaches
2022-06-07 · Reports · R45717 · HTML available · PDF available
Introduction to Budget Authority
2022-05-13 · Resources · IF12105 · HTML available · PDF available
Puerto Rico’s Public Debts: Accumulation and Restructuring
2022-05-02 · Reports · R46788 · HTML available · PDF available
General State and Local Fiscal Assistance and COVID-19: Eligible Purposes, Allocations, and Use Data
2021-12-16 · Reports · R46990 · HTML available · PDF available
S.Con.Res. 14: The Budget Resolution for FY2022
2021-09-01 · Reports · R46893 · HTML available · PDF available
Cryptocurrency Transfers and Data Collection
2021-08-25 · Resources · IF11910 · HTML available · PDF available
The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA; P.L. 117-2): Title IX, Subtitle G—Tax Provisions Related to Promoting Economic Security
2021-03-16 · Reports · R46680 · HTML available · PDF available
General State and Local Fiscal Assistance and COVID-19: Background and Available Data
2021-02-08 · Reports · R46298 · HTML available · PDF available
S.Con.Res. 5: The Budget Resolution for FY2021
2021-02-08 · Reports · R46675 · HTML available · PDF available
Fiscal Policy and Recovery from the COVID19 Recession
2021-02-01 · Reports · R46460 · HTML available · PDF available
Fiscal Federalism: Theory and Practice
2020-06-03 · Reports · R46382 · HTML available · PDF available
Tax Cuts and Economic Stimulus: How Effective Are the Alternatives?
2020-05-14 · Reports · RS21126 · HTML available
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act—Tax Relief for Individuals and Businesses
2020-04-28 · Reports · R46279 · HTML available · PDF available
State and Local Government Debt and COVID-19
2020-04-10 · Resources · IF11502 · HTML available · PDF available
Deficit Financing, the Debt, and “Modern Monetary Theory”
2019-10-21 · Reports · R45976 · HTML available · PDF available
Spending and Tax Expenditures: Distinctions and Major Programs
2019-07-09 · Reports · R44530 · HTML available · PDF available
Fiscal Policy Considerations for the Next Recession
2019-06-20 · Reports · R45780 · HTML available · PDF available