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‘Line’ Items: Opening Day Edition
If they Don’t Win It’s the Same – Opening Day presaged much of the same for Washington as the home team was clobbered. The White House hopes that the...
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CRFB Launches A Featured Charts Page!
CRFB would like to introduce our " Featured Charts" page where we will highlight important fiscal, economic, health care, and entitlement projection...
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‘Line’ Items: Hoops, Blossoms and Canaries
Health Care Makes it Through the Final Hoops – Congress completed work last week on the reconciliation package, which included fixes to the health...
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Ping Pong on Reconciliation: Senate Votes to Pass Reconciliation Measure, House Must Now Vote Again
The Senate passed the reconciliation bill on health care bill reform (that includes student loan provisions) this afternoon by a vote of 56 to 43...
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President Signs Health Care Reform Bill
Earlier this afternoon, President Obama signed the health care bill into law. Over the past year, CRFB has offered continuous commentary and opinions...
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Gimmick, Responsible Budgeting, or Something in Between?
There has been a great deal of discussion about certain parts of the health care bill and whether or not they constitute budget gimmickry (see here...
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House Passes Health Care Bill
Last night, the House passed the Senate health care reform bill by a vote of 219 to 212. In the next couple days, the President will sign the bill...
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‘Line’ Items: March Madness Edition
The madness tipped off last week – Across the country curious spectators kept constant tabs on the latest action, scores were breathlessly awaited...
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Preliminary Estimate of Reconciliation Act from CBO
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the JCT have completed a preliminary estimate of the "spending and revenue effects of an amendment in the...
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Vote-a-Rama: Stay Tuned for Drama
For the United States Senate, which likes to be referred to as the "Upper Chamber," the term "vote-a-rama" does not sound too dignified. But the term...
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Health Bill Increases Discretionary Spending by At Least $65-$75 billion
When we have discussed health care reform, in the past, we have charted and graphed the effects of the bills on direct spending (general mandatory...