Budgets & Projections
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CBO Rolls Out Four New Budget Infographics
More often than not, pictures can demonstrate a problem or issue better than the raw data can. CBO has taken that to heart and recently released four...
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Maya MacGuineas: Place Priority on Fiscal Responsibility
In an op-ed in The Roanoke Times, CRFB president Maya MacGuineas calls for policymakers and citizens to put fiscal responsibility at the forefront of...
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Sen. Toomey Offers A Budget Resolution
One day after Senate Budget Committee chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND) released a budget resolution based on the Fiscal Commission plan, another Budget...
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MY VIEW: Marc Goldwein and Jason Peuquet
Today is Tax Day and Financial Literacy Day, and just as we examine our own finances, our federal government should do the same. In The Hill, CRFB's...
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Op-Ed: US Must Address Its Balance Sheet
The Hill | April 17, 2012 It is fitting, and perhaps ironic, that today is both Tax Day and Financial Literacy Day. Taxes and finances are intimately...
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Sen. Conrad Proposes Fiscal Commission Budget
At a press conference today, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND) put forward a budget resolution that his Committee will be marking up...
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Gregg: Reconvene Simpson-Bowles Commission
With the fiscal cliff approaching and no solution yet emerging, former Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH) has an interesting idea: bring back the Fiscal...
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The 2013 Budget Process Moves Forward...Sort Of
The House Republican budget resolution included reconciliation instructions to six committees to find $261 billion in savings over ten years intended...
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Economics of the Fiscal Cliff
Our recent paper on the fiscal cliff details the short-term or longer-term economic problems that the country will face if lawmakers either allow...
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The Affordable Care Act and the HI Trust Fund
Update: Charles Blahous has posted a response to his critics here . Charles Blahous, a Social Security and Medicare Trustee, has released a new report...
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At Halftime, The Score is 829 to 777
CBO's latest Monthly Budget Review for March gives us a look at how the federal budget looks compared to last year halfway through the fiscal year...