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The Final Four Is Here...For the SAVE Award
While the Final Four for the NCAA tournament is still almost four months away, another Final Four is taking place right now. Although it won't be held...
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Op-Ed: Budget Deal is Just a Start
Los Angeles Times | December 16, 2013 The budget agreement reached by the House and Senate this week is a small step forward in restoring some sanity...
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Understanding the Defense Retirement Reforms in the Bipartisan Budget Act
As CRFB has explained in a recent analysis, the Bipartisan Budget Act under consideration in the Senate would replace a portion of the mindless...
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How the Bipartisan Budget Act Improves the Long Term
As we've said before, paying for temporary costs with savings that grow over the long term is very helpful for the long-term budget outlook, as it...
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly in the Bipartisan Budget Act
On Wednesday, we published an analysis of the Bipartisan Budget Act, which would replace a portion of the FY2014 and FY2015 sequester with mandatory...
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Diving Deeper Into the Budget Conference Agreement
With the details on the agreement reached by Budget Committee chairs Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Patty Murray (D-WA) made fully available yesterday, CRFB has...
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Spending Agreement "Splits the Difference" for 2014
On Tuesday, Sen. Patty Murray and Rep. Paul Ryan announced a budget deal that set discretionary spending levels for the next two years, removed some...
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WaPo: A Flawed Deal is Better Than No Deal
So far, reactions to the budget agreement have been mixed. As we said in our report yesterday, Understanding the Bipartisan Budget Act, the deal...
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Updated: Summarizing the Ryan-Murray Deal
Update: See our full analysis of the deal here On December 10th, Budget Committee chairmen Patty Murray and Paul Ryan announced an agreement to set...
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Could Postal Reform Be in a Budget Deal?
As budget talks continue, negotiators could turn to postal reform for budgetary savings. The United States Postal Service is currently in bankruptcy...
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Op-Ed: Avoid Budget Gimmicks
zpolitics | December 9, 2013 As the Congressional budget conference committee nears its December 13 deadline for producing a budget agreement, it is...