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Children and the Federal Budget
The Urban Institute held an event today (video here) on children and the federal budget, which involved CRFB Senior Policy Director Marc Goldwein and...
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University Presidents Call for Balanced and Smart Deficit Reduction
The defense portion of the sequester that will hit on January 2 of next year has garnered a lot of attention, but it is not the only part of the...
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The "Low Hanging Fruit" of the Budget Debate
The latest edition of CQ Weekly has a piece on the " low-hanging fruit" of the budget debate -- provisions that have been proposed or negotiated by...
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House Agriculture Committee Releases Companion Farm Bill
Correction: The original post incorrectly stated the change that the House bill made to the Standard Utility Allowance. It does adopt the provision...
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Short-Sightedness on Display: Changes to Pension Insurance Risk Great Future Costs
Keith Hennessey examines a provision of the two-year transportation bill that may have reduced deficits on paper, but only by potentially increasing...
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Deadlines Approach for Student Loans and Highways
UPDATE: Congress has reached a deal on a two-year highway bill. There is a lot happening this week in addition to the Supreme Court's decision on the...
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Senate Passes Farm Bill
The Senate passed the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act (i.e. the 2012 Farm Bill) today on a 64-35 vote. The bill included $969 billion of...
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SequesterWatch: Dueling Replacement Alternatives Emerge in the House
Update: The House has passed the reconciliation and replacement bills by a 218-199 vote. We have already talked about the House reconciliation bills...
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Double Counting and Medicare Part A
Last month, Social Security and Medicare Trustee Chuck Blahous sparked a controversy by saying that the Affordable Care Act would add to the deficit...
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A Solution to the Student Loan Showdown?
Impasses and showdowns have become the norm over the past few years, and it is turning out to be no different with student loans. For background, in...
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How Might the Fiscal Cliff Play Out?
This week’s The Economist offers another analysis of the end-of-year fiscal cliff of tax increases and spending cuts that the United States faces...
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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...