Budgets & Projections
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Safety Net and Tax Extender Proposals Are Still Not Paid For
Read moreCBO and JCT have released updated cost estimates of the most recent version of the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act (H.R. 4213), a bill...
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Essay: Our Unsustainable Budget Situation
Read moreNIHCM Foundation | May 2010 Our Burgeoning Federal Debt There is little doubt that the United States is on an unsustainable budget path. Budget...
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Congress May Not Produce a Budget, But You Can
Read moreThe Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget today is launching its new “Stabilize the Debt” budget simulator to allow the public to get a better...
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No Budget, No Plan, No Accountability...No More
Read moreWell past the April 15 deadline, Congress still has yet to adopt a budget resolution for FY2011. Meanwhile, policymakers are looking to add hundreds...
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‘Line’ Items: Deeming, Dreaming, Votes and Quotes
Read moreLittle Resolve for Budget Resolution – Leaders in the House have yet to make a final decision on moving forward with a FY2011 budget resolution. But...
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Lessons from Portugal: A Way Forward from our Fiscal Impasse for U.S. Political Leaders
Read moreInspiration can come from the most surprising places. Take Portugal, for instance. (Granted, there are major differences between the U.S. and...
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Pearlstein Comes Out with His Own Fiscal Plan
Read moreToday in the Washington Post, Steven Pearlstein took the " Deficit Challenge", proposing his own plan on how to reduce future deficits through a...
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CBO's Monthly Budget Review: Higher Deficit than Last Year but with Signs of Hope
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued its Monthly Budget Review late last week. CBO reports that the federal government incurred a deficit of...
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CAP Takes the Spending Challenge
Read moreThe Center for American Progress recently discussed what it would take to meet the President's fiscal goal of a primary balance in 2015, or finding...
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‘Line’ Items: Derby Edition
Read moreSuper Saver Cashes In – Those who couldn’t resist the irony of betting it all on a horse named Super Saver were rewarded handsomely on Saturday as the...
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Does the Health Care Bill Cost More Than We Thought?
Read moreLast week the Office of the Medicare Chief Actuary came out with their " Estimated Effects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act," as...
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Plenty of 'Hues and Cries' Here
Read moreIn an article today from Huffington Post, Hue and Cry, Former South Carolina Senator Fritz Hollings takes aim at organizations, experts, and...