Budgets & Projections
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Still Budgeting Through Footnotes in FY 2011
A few months ago, we pointed out that the Administration was cheating in its Mid-Session Review budget baseline. Essentially it was taking policies...
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Freeze Leaves Some Cold, Some Toasty
Today, CRFB released our Analysis of the President's FY 2011 Budget . We will be following-up here at The Bottom Line with shorter analyses discussing...
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CRFB in the News
With the release of the President's budget yesterday, CRFB has received a ton of media coverage, including The Washington Post, Financial Times, CNN...
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CRFB Comments on Administration Budget
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget today applauded President Obama for proposing a specific fiscal goal in his Fiscal 2011 budget plan...
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Op-Ed: President's Budget Is a Start, at Least
AOL News | Feb. 1, 2010 The president's budget elevates the issue of fiscal responsibility (good), but fails to achieve it (not good). President Obama...
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President Releases $3.8 Trillion Budget
President Obama released a Fiscal 2011 budget request today that would spend some $3.834 trillion next year and projects a deficit of $1.267 trillion...
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How Refreshing to Have a Plan with…Brace Yourself…Details!
Congressman Paul Ryan’s Roadmap for America’s Future 2.0 is a standout accomplishment if for no other reason than that it deals with details. Imagine...
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Broken Process: Authorizers Rely on Appropriators For Oversight
In yet another sign that the legislative process needs serious fixing, Congress last year appropriated $290.8 billion for programs that the House and...
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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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What CRFB Would Like to See in the FY 2011 Budget
On Monday, February 1, President Obama will unveil his FY 2011 budget. Although the President offered a preview of some portions of the budget last...