Budget Process and Rules
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The State of the Union is...
Yesterday, President Obama gave his first official State of the Union address, outlining his agenda for the rest of the year. We watched the speech...
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Ryan Releases Roadmap
Earlier today, Republican Congressman Paul Ryan released his update Roadmap for America's Future (and a nifty Website to go with it). Under this...
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Blue Dogs Join the Call for Fiscal Reform
Today, the Blue Dog coalition released its blueprint for fiscal reform. The group, comprised of moderate and conservative Democrats, has long been...
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Deficit Falls Slightly, Debt Will Continue to Soar, CBO Warns
The federal deficit in FY10 is expected to be $1.35 billion--a slight drop from the $1.41 trillion in FY09--but still the second largest in our nation...
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Disgraceful
Senate vote on Baucus amendment (97-0 vote to exempt changes to Social Security from a statutory budget commission from fast-track vote in Congress).
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Obama Partial Discretionary Spending Freeze : A Small First Step
President Obama will propose freezing "non-security" discretionary spending for the next three years (FY2011-13) when he unveils his new budget next...
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Budget Concepts Do Matter
Budgeteers have long argued that baselines matter. You have to know where you are going before you decide where you should be. We use baselines as...
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Time to Bring Back Caps
As the Senate continues its consideration of the debt ceiling today, it will consider at least three important budgetary amendments - a deficit...
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House Sustains Obama Veto of CR; Budgeteers Yawn
The House voted Wednesday to sustain President Obama's veto of a Continuing Resolution to keep the government funded. Huh? Confused? Why wasn't this...
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Two Major Reports Target Debt Reduction
In the past two days, at least two new voices have joined a growing chorus of organizations warning that our federal debt is growing at an...
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David Walker and the Federal Deficit on NPR
This morning on NPR’s Morning Edition one of our board members, David Walker, discussed his new book, Comeback America: Turning the Country Around and...
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Deficit Hawks Love their Cake
Over the weekend one of our favorite bloggers, EconomistMom, joined an important discussion prompted by a Stan Collender blog that called out deficit...