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CBO Releases Report on Social Security Reform Options
Last Friday, CBO released a report on 30 options for changing the Social Security system, analyzing both the savings and distributional effects of the...
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‘Line’ Items: Post-Fourth Edition
After the Fireworks – The Independence Day celebrations have concluded. The fireworks have fizzled and most of us are back to work. Capitol Hill is...
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Singing for Their Supplemental
Late last night the House passed a supplemental appropriations bill ostensibly to fund military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. However, lawmakers...
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CRFB Releases Analysis of CBO's Long Term Outlook
CRFB just released its analysis of the long term outlook. The analysis noted that while the debt picture has improved somewhat under CBO's extended...
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CBO Releases Sobering New Long Term Outlook
CBO’s Long Term Budget Outlook, released today (see our press release here), paints a more alarming picture of the U.S. debt path than had been...
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CRFB President Testifies Before President's Fiscal Commission
This afternoon, CRFB President Maya MacGuineas testified before the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, offering several...
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CRFB Reacts to CBO's Long Term Outlook
Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its Long Term Budget Outlook, which paints an alarming and dismal picture of the country’s...
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Fiscal Commission Holds Public Forum
This morning, CBO Director Doug Elmendorf released CBO's long-term outlook at the third public meeting of The National Commission on Fiscal...
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Spending and Revenues in the Long Term Outlook
After much anticipation, the CBO has released its Long Term Budget Outlook, which gives the first glimpse at the long-term effects of the recently...
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Line Items: Extenders Debate Ends; Appropriations Season Begins
Extenders Put on Hold – Legislation to extend some tax breaks and expanded unemployment insurance has been put on the back burner because senators...