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Event Recap: "National Security Implications of America's Debt and Bipartisan Plans to Address the Solution"
The second of four Strengthening of America—Our Children's Future forums was held today on national security and the national debt. The event featured...
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USA Today: Manner, Not Size, of Defense Sequester is the Concern
Lawmakers, policy experts, and affected industries are righly concerned about the sequester that will hit both defense and non-defense spending across...
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OMB Starting to Prepare for the Sequester
Over the past few days, the Office of Management and Budget is getting to work preparing for the sequester hitting on January 2 of next year. OMB so...
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CBO Projects DoD's Plans Will Cost More Than Their Estimates
Today, CBO has released yearly estimates of the long-term budget projections for the Department of Defense. The DoD provides a plan to Congress called...
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The Sequester and War Spending
An article in The Hill warns that war spending may be in jeopardy because of the sequester. Apparently, the Pentagon has reversed its position on the...
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Ten Things to Know About Military Compensation
On Friday, Lawrence Korb, Alex Rothman, and Max Hoffman of the Center for American Progress wrote "The Top 10 Things to Know About Military...
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Public Indicates Support for Defense Cuts
At Wonkblog, Suzy Khimm points to a study done by the Stimson Center that polled Americans about how large the defense budget should be. The study...
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How Is the House Replacing the Sequester?
Update: CBO has posted scores for the Energy and Commerce and Oversight bills. They would save $113 billion and $83.3 billion, respectively, over ten...
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Setting the Record Straight...on War Spending
The Simpson-Bowles alternative budget resolution put forward this week by Representatives Cooper, LaTourette, Schrader, Bass, Quigley, Dold and Costa...
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The House Republican Approach to the Sequester
One of the more complicated aspects of Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-WI) budget is what he does with the sequester that will take effect on January 2, 2013 due...
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The War Gimmick Simplified
With CBO recently having scored President Obama's 2013 Budget Request, included within the total score is a score of a policy known as capping...
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How the President Met the 2013 Cap
Continuing on in our blog series, we will be discussing discretionary spending proposals in the President's budget. The FY 2013 budget was notable for...