CBO/JCT
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CBO's Long Term Spending and Revenues
The CBO’s long-term projections offer an interesting look at future revenues and spending that show the stark implications of fiscal irresponsibility...
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Fiscal Fact Checker (Revisited): CBO's Record on Scoring the Affordable Care Act
Critics of CBO scoring like to cite past predictions that widely missed the mark. Sometimes, too, critics compare apples to oranges, and that is the...
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CBO's Long Term Outlook Has Arrived
The much-anticipated CBO Long-Term Budget Outlook has been released this morning, projecting what the budget will look like over the next 75 years...
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CRFB Comments on the CBO Outlook
CRFB's newest paper dives into the set of projections underlying CBO's Long Term Budget Outlook. The report shows two very divergent paths for the...
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Report: CBO’s Long-Term Budget Outlook
Correction: This paper originally stated that the Social Security trust fund is projected to be exhausted in 2033. The combined Social Security and...
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Dynamic Scoring Explained
What is dynamic scoring? How are legislative proposals currently scored? CRFB's latest policy paper details the process and methods that the...
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CBO Joins the Cliff Estimating Game
Estimates of the fiscal cliff that is set to occur at the end of the year have been popping up in recent weeks. Now CBO has lended its voice to the...
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CBO Director Lays Out Six Criteria for Evaluating Fiscal Plans
The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) doesn't make recommendations for, or against, any fiscal plan, but that doesn't mean they can't...
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A Closer Look at Food Stamps
In addition to the infographic CBO released yesterday, it also released a detailed new report on the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance pood stamp...
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CBO's Economic Analysis of the President's Budget
Although CBO's analysis of the budgetary effects of the President's budget was released last month, today they released a very useful report on the...
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CBO Rolls Out Four New Budget Infographics
More often than not, pictures can demonstrate a problem or issue better than the raw data can. CBO has taken that to heart and recently released four...
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The Affordable Care Act and the HI Trust Fund
Update: Charles Blahous has posted a response to his critics here . Charles Blahous, a Social Security and Medicare Trustee, has released a new report...