Budgets & Projections
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SGR Bill a Good Start but More Can Be Done for Less
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office, on Friday, estimated that the Energy & Commerce Committee’s (E&C) bill to permanently replace the flawed Sustainable...
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Op-Ed: Government Shutdown? A Leap of Trust Can Seal a Budget Deal
Read moreChristian Science Monitor | September 16, 2012 Budget talk in Washington is again dominated by nonnegotiable demands and a potential government...
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Budget Director: We Still Have a Long-Term Debt Problem
Read moreReading the news these days, you might think our debt problem has been solved: the federal deficit has been revised downward and is falling to its...
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It's Official: Budget Projections Have Changed
Read moreLast month after the Bureau of Economic Analysis revised their GDP numbers going back to 1929, we decided to take the intiative and project what the...
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The Upcoming Appropriations Showdown
Read moreIt is now three weeks and counting until the start of FY 2014, when lawmakers will have to pass a bill funding the government or incur a shutdown...
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Bill Hoagland: Nation Does Not Need Another Government Shutdown
Read moreAs Congress returns to Washington today, the clock is ticking to September 30, the end of the government's fiscal year and the date after which the...
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Op-Ed: Nation Does Not Need Another Government Shutdown
Read moreThe Hill | September 6, 2013 The last real government shutdowns occurred in the winter of 1995. Two funding gaps that winter resulted in a total of 26...
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Op-Ed: Now or Never on Debt Issue
Read moreThe Hill | September 9, 2013 After an August in the countryside or their states or somewhere around the world or Martha’s Vineyard, the president and...
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CBO Takes a Look at the Pell Grant Program
Read moreToday, the Congressional Budget Office released a new report on Pell Grants which details the program and recent changes made to it, shows options to...
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$518 Billion? Inside the White House/Senate Negotiation's Math
Read moreAlthough Congress itself had been out of session prior to this week, some news last week came as the latest talks between the White House and a small...
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Carter and Weinstein: Look Beyond Ten Years
Read moreIn an op-ed in POLITICO, former Senate Budget Committee staffer James Carter and Fiscal Commission adviser Paul Weinstein advised lawmakers to look...