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Weekend Editorial Roundup
Here are the highlights from this weekend’s editorials on fiscal and budget policy: In an editorial titled, “ 2.47 trillion dimes,” The Washington...
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Senate Finance Committee Passes Health Care Bill
The Senate Finance Committee voted this afternoon 14-9 to pass the America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009 out of Committee. Republican Olympia Snowe was...
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What About Cutting Spending?
In their oped in the Washington Post today, Henry Aaron and Isabel Sawhill argue that raising taxes will be necessary to close the fiscal gap and help...
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Weekend Editorial Roundup
Here are the highlights from this weekend’s editorials on fiscal and budget policy: In an editorial titled, “The Greatest Show on Earth,” The Wall...
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Cost of the Finance Committee Health Care Bill
Today the Congressional Budget released their analysis of the amended version of the America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009, the health care reform...
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Weekend Editorial Roundup
This weekend, there have been a number of editorials about fiscal and budget policy. Among them: USA Today argued for "patching" the estate tax next...
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This Week's Finance Committee Markup
The Senate Finance Committee wrapped up work today on the markup of their Health Care Reform legislation, America’s Healthy Future Act. After moving...
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US Budget Watch Releases Paper Comparing Health Care Reform Plans
Today, US Budget Watch released a new paper, Comparing Health Care Plans: A Guide to Health Care Reform Proposals, highlighting the ten-year costs and...
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Finance Committee to Continue Work on Health Bill Next Week
This has been a big week in the Senate Finance Committee regarding work on the health care reform bill. The Committee endued many all-day sessions...
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Chairman's Mark of Finance Committee Bill, and Proposed Amendments
Today, the Senate Finance Committee is continuing to mark-up the Committee’s health care reform bill. In total, the Committee is considering 564...
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CBO Releases Analysis of Finance Committee Health Care Reform Bill
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released the preliminary analysis of the completed specifications for the Finance Committee’s Chairman’s...
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Comparing Costs of the Health Care Reform Bills
Click here for CRFB's latest comparison chart, along with interactive graphs, comparing the costs and savings of the bill passed by the House to the...