Budgets & Projections
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CBO Releases Budget Options Volume 2
August 6 - Today, the CBO released the second of two lengthy reports outlining the budgetary options of various policies likely to be undertaken by...
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House and Senate Work to Finish FY 2010 Appropriations Bills
July 31 - Yesterday, the House passed its final FY 2010 appropriations bill, but, in the process, disregarded requests from the Pentagon and Obama...
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China Continues to Question U.S. Debt Security
June 28 - Martin Crutsinger reports today that, at least behind closed doors, China has been raising serious concerns about the state of the US...
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New CBO Reports on Health Care Reform
July 27 - This weekend, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released two very significant reports, Additional Information Regarding the Effects of...
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CBO Estimates House Health Care Bill
July 18 - Yesterday, the CBO released preliminary cost estimates for the House Tri-Committee health care reform bill. According to the CBO, the bill...
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Administration Urges Creation of Independent Medicare Advisory Council to Help Control Costs
July 17 - Today OMB Director Orszag urged Speaker Pelosi to support a Base Realignment And Closure-like (BRAC) process for reviewing Medicare changes...
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Staff Working Paper #7: Budgeting for the Long-Term
With the retirement of the baby boom generation drawing closer, concerns about the sustainability of current policies have become critical elements of...
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Financial Sector Overhaul Plan
June 17 - Today the White House released its plan to overhaul the financial sector. If adopted, will the proposals prevent another financial crisis...
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Understanding the President’s PAYGO Proposal
Yesterday, President Obama announced his support for enacting statutory pay-as-you-go (PAYGO). Under the President's proposal, OMB would maintain a...