Budgets & Projections
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‘Line’ Items: Tax Reform, the Fed, and Congress Back to Work
Commission Commencement – President Obama signed Thursday the Executive Order officially creating the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and...
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Cost Estimate of Senate Jobs Bill
The CBO has released its cost estimate of the Senate Jobs bill, the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act, as introduced by Senator Harry Reid...
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CRFB, Concord, and CED Commend Commission
Moments ago, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget released a joint statement on the President's just- announced National Committee on Fiscal...
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Obama Establishes Deficit Commission
Update: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has said he will make Republican appointments to the deficit commission. Saying that the nation's...
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Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson to Lead Deficit Commission
According to Lori Montgomery: Mr. Obama will name former Clinton White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles and former Republican Sen. Alan Simpson as...
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Looking Back on President's Day
As we celebrate President’s Day, here is a look at our two presidents of the day, Washington and Lincoln, and some of their experiences with debt...
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‘Line’ Items: Commissions, Summits, Caps and Dogs
Commission Coming – The White House says President Obama will create a fiscal commission by executive order within days. Meanwhile, Republicans still...
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Budget Reform Proposals in the President's FY 2011 Budget
Although our initial analysis of the President's Budget focused on his ten-year budget plan, the Budget itself includes much, much more. Nestled in...
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Stimulus Proposals in the President's Budget
In the budget released last week, the President outlined his vision for additional economic stimulus. Included in his proposal was $76 billion over 11...
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Does the President's Budget Increase the Deficit or Reduce It? (The Answer Depends on Your Baseline)
According to Obama Administraton, the President's FY2011 reduces the ten-year deficit by $2.1 trillion; or $1.2 trillion if the savings from the Iraq...