FY 2014 Budget
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The (Ongoing) Cost of the Government Shutdown
Now that the government shutdown and debt default threat are in the rearview mirror (for now), analysts have been taking time to survey the economic...
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Sequester Replacement Must be Fiscally Responsible
Recent reports have suggested the new budget conference committee may focus its attention of a deal to replace sequestration. A recent paper from the...
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Every Budget Put the Debt on a Downward Path…and This One Should Too
In additional to reopening the government and suspending the debt ceiling, last night, both the House and Senate agreed to go to Budget Conference...
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Looks Like We Have a Deal
After a few weeks of government shutdown and a nerve-wracking lead-up to hitting the debt ceiling, the Senate leadership announced today it had come...
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George Voinovich: Congress Shouldn't Get Paid After Letting Down the Country With Latest Shutdown
In an op-ed in the Cleveland Plain Dealer yesterday, former Senator George Voinovich (R-OH) criticized the current Congress not just for the ongoing...
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The CR and the Medical Device Tax (Take Two)
As Congress negotiates a proposal to pass a continuing resolution and reopen the government, they may enact other policy at the same time. One such...
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Government Shutdown Limits Budget Options (Literally!)
The government is still shut down, the debt ceiling is fast approaching, and the need to put our debt on a sustainble path remains. This environment...
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(Un)happy Fiscal New Year!
Today, October 1st, marks the first day of the 2014 fiscal year for the government, and the first day of a government shutdown in which 40 percent of...
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Welcome to Shutdown
Today is the first October, first day of 2014 fiscal year, and because of the failure of Congress, the first day of the government shutdown. Yesterday...
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On the Brink of Shutdown?
Today is September 30, the last day of the government's fiscal year. If Congress does not agree on a continuing resolution today to authorize spending...
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The Upcoming Appropriations Showdown
It is now three weeks and counting until the start of FY 2014, when lawmakers will have to pass a bill funding the government or incur a shutdown...
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Bill Hoagland: Nation Does Not Need Another Government Shutdown
As Congress returns to Washington today, the clock is ticking to September 30, the end of the government's fiscal year and the date after which the...