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Feb 27, 2025

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Budget Process

“Current Policy Baseline” Gimmick Could Explode the Debt

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Mar 13, 2025

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Other Spending

A $2 Trillion Cut Compared to $86 Trillion in Spending

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Mar 24, 2025

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Budgets & Projections

Taxes

Tax Cut Extensions Would Add $37 Trillion to Debt by 2054

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Mar 27, 2025

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Budgets & Projections

CBO Releases March 2025 Long-Term Budget and Economic Outlook

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just released its March 2025 Long-Term Budget and Economic Outlook, its first full thirty-year baseline and...

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Mar 27, 2025

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Budgets & Projections

CBO: Debt Will Rise to 156% of the Economy in 30 Years

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its latest Long-Term Budget Outlook today, showing that under current law, debt will rise from 100...

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Mar 27, 2025

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Budgets & Projections

Budget Resolution Must Have Real Savings Instructions for the Senate

As the House and Senate work toward agreement on a concurrent budget resolution, reports indicate a potential compromise in which lawmakers combine...

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Mar 26, 2025

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Budgets & Projections

Raise the Debt Ceiling & Reduce the Debt

The Congressional Budget Office today estimated that the federal government will breach the debt ceiling sometime in the late summer or early fall, at...

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Mar 26, 2025

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Health Care

Medicare Advantage Will Be Overpaid by $1.2 Trillion

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) released their latest status report on the Medicare Advantage (MA) program last week. Based on this...

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Mar 25, 2025

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Budgets & Projections

Lawmakers Should Ensure Reconciliation Reduces Debt

With both the Senate and House of Representatives having adopted separate budget resolutions for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 to facilitate reconciliation...

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US Budget Watch 2024

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Trust Fund Solutions

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