Domestic Spending
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Q&A: Everything You Should Know About Government Shutdowns
Read moreThis paper has been updated here. The fiscal year began on Oct. 1, 2018, and Congress has passed just five out of 12 appropriations bills setting...
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Leon Panetta: Five Lessons that Never Seem to Be Learned from Shutting Down the Government
Read moreLeon Panetta is co-chair of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, former budget director and White House chief of staff under President Bll...
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Beware the Budget Busters in the Lame Duck
Read moreThe lame duck Congress will return to Washington with an important to-do list that includes either finishing the seven unfinished appropriation bills...
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Q&A: Everything You Should Know About Government Shutdowns
Read moreThis paper has been updated here. The fiscal year began on September 30, has only passed 5 of 12 appropriations bills setting spending levels. If...
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Congress Should Reform NFIP
Read moreAuthorization for the nation’s primary flood insurance, the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), expires November 30. Unless Congress acts to...
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A Plan to Save the Highway Trust Fund
Read moreHouse Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) recently introduced a discussion draft of legislation to improve the...
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Maya MacGuineas: Rescission Fight About Much More than a Few Billion Dollars
Read moreMaya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently wrote an opinion...
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Options for the Pension Committee to Consider
Read moreAs we recently explained, proposals from the Joint Select Committee on Solvency of Multiemployer Plans could include considerable costs. The Joint...
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Marc Goldwein on Facing the Future: Federal Investment in Children is Dwindling
Read moreChildren are getting an increasingly small share of the federal budget, even as we are burdening them with immense debt. In an episode of the Concord...
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Does the Rescissions Bill Cut $15 Billion in Spending?
Read moreThe President recently updated and revised his request to rescind some spending, removing some cuts from the proposal and clarifying others. The...
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VA Cap Adjustment Could Cost Over $55 Billion
Read moreThe VA MISSION Act that passed both Houses of Congress last month may get a whole lot more expensive. As part of the Veterans Affairs (VA)...
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Multiemployer Pensions: The Next Source of Budget-Busting Legislation?
Read moreThe newly-created Joint Select Committee on Solvency of Multiemployer Plans is tasked with crafting legislation to improve the finances of the nation...