Budgets & Projections
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The Federal Financial Statement Transparency Act of 2014
Congressman Jim Renacci (R-OH) introduced the The Federal Financial Statement Transparency Act of 2014 today. This legislation would make major...
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Senate Finance Committee Hearing on Transportation Funding
The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing May 6th titled, “ New Routes for Funding and Financing Highways and Transit.” During the hearing Senators...
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Actually, CBPP Says Don't Tune Out the Debt ... And They Are Right
Today, Wonkblog published a “ Know More” feature arguing that “You Should Tune Out Politicians Who Are Still Talking about Government Debt.” As...
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CBPP: Long-Term Budget Outlook Remains a Challenge
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) released a new set of long-term debt projections today. They find that while the debt will remain...
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An Apples-to-Apples Comparison of the FY 2015 Budgets
Every year when the President releases his budget, CBO re-estimates the budget using a baseline set of economic assumptions – the same as it uses for...
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Good News and Bad News for Federal Trust Funds
CBO’s latest budget outlook contained good news and bad news for some of the federal government’s largest trust funds. First, the bad news: CBO...
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The President's Budget Against Different Baselines
In our paper on CBO's analysis of the President's budget, we compared how CBO and OMB estimated the budget's policies relative to CBO's baseline. Of...
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How Close Were Our Estimates of the President's Budget?
Shortly after the President's budget was released, we suggested CBO might be somewhat more pessimistic in its debt projections than OMB. Specifically...
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CBO Releases Analysis of the President's Budget
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released its analysis of the President's FY 2015 budget, applying its own budget baseline and methodology to...
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CRFB's Report on CBO's Analysis of the President's FY 2015 Budget
CBO has released their analysis of the President's FY 2015 Budget and CFRB released a report summarizing the findings. CBO finds a less optimistic...
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CBO Projects Small Dip in Medicare Spending
One of the notable changes in Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) latest budget baseline was a downward revision in projected Medicare spending from...