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The Cost of Delay: Employer Mandate Edition
Read moreEarly 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?"
Read moreToday, 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
Read moreToday, 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
Read moreFinancial 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
Read moreOne 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
Read moreOn 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
Read moreToday, the Office of Management and Budget released its Mid-Session Review, revised estimates of the President's 2014 budget incorporating legislative...
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Op-Ed: Grand Budget Bargain? No, Congress Would Prefer To Fight
Read moreBrookings | July 8, 2013 Barring a miracle, budget bargains, either grand or petty, are not in the cards this year. The Congress would prefer to fight...
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Appropriations Update: Sequester Looms Large in the Process
Read moreThe appropriations process is usually arduous, but this year may be even more so. The largest disagreement between the Senate and House, which is...
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Interpreting Changes in Long-Term Projections
Read moreYesterday, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities updated its long-term outlook for the federal budget and like our long-term Realistic Baseline...
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Report: Understanding CBO's Analysis of the Senate Immigration Bill
Read moreCorrection: This paper originally stated that S. 744 targeted a 90% "apprehension" rate for border security. It actually targets a 90% effectiveness...
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The Analysis of the Analysis: CRFB's Take on CBO's Immigration Estimates
Read moreCBO's recent budgetary and economic analyses of the Senate immigration bill have been making waves in the political sphere as lawmakers rush to...