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What Would a Mini-Bargain Look Like?
A New York Times piece today lays out a possible "mini-bargain" to move past the debt ceiling and expiration of government funding. The piece, "...
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Wessel: Prudent Politicians Would Focus on the Long Term, Today
In his column in today's Wall Street Journal and an accompanying audio clip, David Wessel takes on the question before Washington: Is the budget...
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CBO Updates Their Historical Budget Data
Nearly two weeks ago, the Bureau of Economic Analysis released its GDP report with a $560 billion upward revision for 2012. As we explained at the...
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Appropriations Update: Progress Beginning to Slow
Update: Post-sequester figures have been revised according to the most recent estimates. Another month has gone by, and while on paper the budget...
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Get Ready for Budget Numbers to Change
As of Wednesday's GDP report, GDP for fiscal year 2012 was revised upward by roughly $560 billion to a total of $16.2 trillion. This almost Houdini...
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The Cost of Delay: Employer Mandate Edition
Early this month, the Obama Administration announced that it would delay enforcement of the employer mandate penalty in the Affordable Care Act for...
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CRFB President Participates in Center for American Progress Event: "Is It Time to Hit the Reset Button on the Fiscal Debate?"
Today, the Center for American Progress (CAP) hosted a panel discussion featuring Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Senior Fellow Jared Bernstein...
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CBO Estimates the Economic Hit of the Sequester
Today, the Congressional Budget Office released a report detailing the projected economic effects of repealing the sequester starting August 1. The...
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Op-Ed: Credible Debt Plan Would Boost the US Economy
Financial Times | July 23, 2013 Sir, Edward Luce says that “Simpson and Bowles are wrong about the US debt” (July 15) but he gets it wrong describing...
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The Mid-Session Review: A Case for Building in Wiggle Room for Ever-Changing Projections
One of the reasons CRFB and other budget hawks have touted the benefits of putting debt on a downward path this decade -- in addition to the economic...
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A Closer Look at the Mid-Session Review
On Monday, the Office of Management and Budget released its re-estimate of the President's Budget in the Mid-Session Review. OMB's new estimates of...
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OMB Releases 2014 Mid-Session Review
Today, the Office of Management and Budget released its Mid-Session Review, revised estimates of the President's 2014 budget incorporating legislative...