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What Will Likely Be In The President's Budget
The FY 2014 President's Budget will not be released until next Wednesday, April 10th, but already some details about what will be in the budget have...
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Our Reaction to the State of the Union
Last night, President Obama delivered the first State of the Union address of his second term. The President's speech covered a wide range of issues...
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Previewing the State of the Union
At 9:00 PM E.T. tonight, President Obama will deliver his State of the Union address to Congress. With many fiscal issues left to be resolved in the...
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The First Summit on Our Way to a Deal?
On Friday, President Obama spoke on the need to replace the "fiscal cliff" with a comprehensive plan to address the nation's unsustainable fiscal path...
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President Obama Comments on the Possibility of a Grand Bargain
In an initially off-the-record interview with the Des Moines Register, President Obama outlined his vision for his second term. As you would expect...
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Re-visiting the President's Budget: OMB's Mid-Session Review
The OMB has released its Mid-Session Review (MSR), essentially a re-estimate of the President's budget taking into new legislative, economic, and...
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Jonathan Rauch Calls for Simpson-Bowles
In yesterday's Washington Post, Jonathan Rauch writes that President Obama should propose a bill, that would among other things, tackle long-term debt...
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So, You Want to Pay For a $70 Billion Spending Increase With a $200 Billion Tax Cut?
According to CNN, the White House has floated a plan to deal with the fiscal cliff, one which would turn off a few provisions temporarily. Their plan...
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CBO's Economic Analysis of the President's Budget
Although CBO's analysis of the budgetary effects of the President's budget was released last month, today they released a very useful report on the...
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How Much Did You Pay for National Defense?
Following up on a project they did last year, the White House has released its 2011 Federal Taxpayer Receipt. This tool allows you to put in how much...
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Going Long: OMB's 75-Year Projections
In our paper on the President's budget, we noted that the budget would only temporarily stabilize the debt as a percent of GDP. In fact, it would rise...
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CRFB Analysis of the President's 2013 Budget
Since the release of the President’s FY 2013 budget on Monday, CRFB has provided coverage of the President’s proposal through our FY 2013 blog series...