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U.S. Treasury: FY 2025 Deficit Totaled $1.8 Trillion - AAF
Oct 17, 2025 · The U.S. Treasury released its final Monthly Treasury Statement for FY 2025, estimating a $1.8 trillion deficit for the year. The deficit was the net effect of $7.0 trillion of …
AI Data Centers: Why Are They So Energy Hungry? - AAF
Jul 15, 2025 · Executive Summary AI data centers have two unique energy-related features compared to traditional ones: They require enormous amounts of electricity, with generative AI …
About - AAF
The American Action Forum (AAF), led by former Director of the Congressional Budget Office Douglas Holtz-Eakin, proudly leads the center-right on domestic economic and fiscal policy …
The AAF Plan to Address the Nation's Debt Challenge - AAF
Oct 21, 2024 · The AAF plan includes sweeping policy changes to both the revenue and spending sides of the federal budget and would achieve the fiscal goal of roughly stabilizing debt-to …
Hot Takes 2025 - AAF
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Sizing Up Interest Payments on the National Debt - AAF
Oct 28, 2025 · The federal government spent $970 billion on interest payments on the national debt in FY 2025 - the equivalent of 19 percent of all federal revenue collections and roughly …
The Biden Regulatory Record - AAF
Jan 29, 2025 · EXECUTIVE SUMMARY According to the aggregated collection of self-reported estimates from federal agencies, the cumulative total of regulatory costs under the Biden …
2024: The Year in Regulation - AAF - americanactionforum.org
Jan 6, 2025 · As AAF noted this past fall, 2024 saw the total inventory of federal paperwork requirements – accumulated across multiple administrations – reach its apex. The story of …
Section 230 in the Era of Generative AI - AAF
Oct 16, 2025 · Executive Summary Generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI), which creates new content such as text and images from user prompts, raises questions about whether Section …