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Reducing Improper Payments
Today, President Obama signed the Improper Payment Elimination and Recovery Act, hoping to make a dent in wasteful spending. Improper payments are...
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CRFB Releases Report on Long-Term Effects of Health Reform
Today, CRFB released its report on the long-term effects of the recent health care reform package (be sure to check it out!), based on information...
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Spending and Revenues in the Long Term Outlook
After much anticipation, the CBO has released its Long Term Budget Outlook, which gives the first glimpse at the long-term effects of the recently...
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Line Items: Extenders Debate Ends; Appropriations Season Begins
Extenders Put on Hold – Legislation to extend some tax breaks and expanded unemployment insurance has been put on the back burner because senators...
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The Long and Winding Road: More Twists and Turns for the Extenders Bill
For weeks, Congress has been re-tooling and re-tooling the extenders bill (HR 4213), looking for 60 votes to pass. Two things have held constant...
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Steny Hoyer on Everything Fiscal
In remarks at the think tank Third Way, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer covered the bases in talking about our deficits and debt. Among the topics...
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Exploring Federal Pay for Cuts
As our Budget Simulator grows in popularity, more and more people have taken the spending challenge to voice how they would like to see government...
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‘Line’ Items: Summer Arrives Edition
Summertime, but the Living Isn’t Easy in Congress – Today brings the first official day of summer, but Washington has already been experiencing...
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“Extenders” Bill Lives Up to Its Name
Legislation to extend tax breaks that expired last year, as well as expanded social safety net provisions and relief for doctors from a steep cut in...
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Update: So How Much Does This Bill Cost Now?
The Senate released yet another version of the tax extenders and social safety net bill (The American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act of 2010 - H.R...
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“Doc Fix” Puts Congress in a Fix
The debate that won’t end drags on in the Senate as legislation to extend tax breaks, expanded unemployment insurance and the Medicare “doc fix” didn...