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The CBO Directorship Changes Hands Today
Update: Director Hall has written an introductory blog post. Today marks not just April Fool's Day but also the end of Doug Elmendorf's six-plus year...
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Ways & Means Committee Adds $270 Billion to Deficits by Repealing Estate Tax
The House Ways & Means Committee on Wednesday approved the “Death Tax Repeal Act of 2015,” which would permanently repeal the estate tax that applies...
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SGR Bill Would Add $500 Billion to Long-Term Debt
Earlier today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its score of the Medicare Sustaintable Growth Rate (SGR) reform bill under consideration...
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Our Analysis of CBO's Estimate of the President's Budget is Here
We've released our analysis of CBO's estimate of the President's budget, breaking down the report and its supplementary data in less than six pages...
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CBO's Analysis of the President's Budget is Here
CBO has just released its analysis of the President's FY 2016 budget, using its own numbers and methods to re-estimate the budget. While CBO reveals...
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Report: CBO's Analysis of the President’s FY 2016 Budget
Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its re-estimate of the President’s FY 2016 budget, using its own economic and technical...
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CBO Delivers Good News for the Affordable Care Act
The latest CBO projections show a slight improvement on our fiscal situation over the previous ones made in January, and lower projected health...
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CBO Releases New Baseline Ahead of President's Budget Estimate
In advance of its scheduled release of an analysis of the President's budget, CBO has updated its budget projections for the next ten years. Their new...
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CBO and BPC Predict Debt Ceiling Deadline Not Until the Fall
October or November -- that's the deadline by which the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) predicts lawmakers must increase the debt...
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Keith Hall Appointed as Next CBO Director
Speculation over the next director of the Congressional Budget Office ended today as the House and Senate Budget Committees announced that Keith Hall...
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CBO Closes the Book on the 2009 Stimulus
CBO unofficially closed the books on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA, or the 2009 stimulus), putting out its final report on the...
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Joyce Reflects on CBO at 40
Next Tuesday will be the 40th anniversary of the beginning of the Congressional Budget Office, and University of Maryland Professor Phillip Joyce has...