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Discretionary Spending in Ryan's FY 2015 Budget
Much of the focus in House Budget Committee chair Paul Ryan's (R-WI) budget inevitably falls on the changes it it would make to mandatory spending, of...
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Explaining Ryan's "Fiscal Dividend"
A new feature of House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan's (R-WI) FY 2015 budget is assumption of a "fiscal dividend," which reflects the economic...
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An Overview of the Ryan FY 2015 Budget
This morning, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan released his FY 2015 budget proposal, "The Path to Prosperity." The budget reaches balance in...
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How Ryan Gets to Balance
With the medium-term economic and budget outlook weaker than last year, House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan's (R-WI) goal of reaching a balanced budget by...
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Spending and Revenue in the FY2015 Ryan Budget
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) released his FY 2015 budget today, outlining a series of changes that promise to reduce the debt as a...
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House Hearing on 'Why Debt Matters'
The House Financial Services Committee held a hearing this morning on " Why Debt Matters," which included testimony by Honeywell CEO Dave Cote, former...
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President’s Budget Calls for Record Low Discretionary Spending, Record High Revenue
As we showed last week, OMB projections show the President's budget will put the debt on a downward path this decade with deficits below 2 percent of...
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Progressive Caucus Releases Budget
The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) kicked off the Congressional budget season last week by releasing its " Better Off Budget." This release...
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Actually, The SGR Has Slowed Health Care Cost Growth
To bolster their case against offsetting the high cost of SGR reform, many have claimed that the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) is “ budget...
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Taking Stock of the Long-Term Fiscal Picture
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) isn't the only agency in town that does long-term projections. The Treasury Department annually releases the...
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OMB Releases Long-Term Projections for the FY2015 Budget Proposal
OMB just published additional information, explanations, tables, and projections related to this year's budget -- known as the Analytical Perspectives...
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How Low Could Debt Go?
We talked last week about several policies making their first appearance in the President's budget. What we didn't mention is that in addition to...