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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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Senate Passes Transportation Bill
Yesterday, the Senate passed a two-year $109 billion transportation bill by a 74-22 vote. Since 2009, when the last five-year transportation bill...
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Sen. Corker Demands Fiscal Responsibility for the Transportation Bill
In an op-ed in the Washington Post, Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) disapproves of the current debate on the transportation bill that is being considered. He...
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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...
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Prelude to a Trigger
Both CBO and OMB in the last week released sequestration reports, technical reports that detail whether the government is adhering to discretionary...
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Another Detail of the President's Budget
After hinting at how they would cut defense spending yesterday, the Obama Administration has given out another small detail of its upcoming budget...
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What Congress Needs to Do in the Next Two Weeks
Congress has a long checklist of things it has to do by the end of September. On Tuesday, it informally crossed one thing off when the House passed a...
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OMB Asks for Agency Cuts in 2013
On OMB's blog, OMB director Jack Lew talked about his instructions to agencies to cut 5 percent off their 2011 budget for their FY 2013 request. In...
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An In-Depth Look at the Trigger
Faithful readers of this blog know by now how the trigger contained in the Budget Control Act generally works. The BCA creates a twelve-member Joint...
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CBO on the Caps
The caps on discretionary spending were, of course, the concrete centerpiece of last week's budget deal. Considering the importance of the caps, CBO...
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A Tale of Two Caps
Update: CBO has scored Boehner's legislation, showing it to reduce deficits by a total of $850 billion from 2012-2021. The discretionary caps are $1.1...
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Appropriations Update: More of the Same
In this next installment of our FY 2012 appropriations update, we will detail the actions that the House has taken since our last update on May 24...