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Deficit Reduction Through Reconciliation Would Be Great News
Read morePolicymakers are apparently considering developing a new reconciliation package that would focus in part on deficit reduction. The following is a...
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Tax Experts Urge Congress To Fix IRS Backlog And Reduce The Tax Gap
Read moreToday, a diverse group of former tax officials and policy experts sent a letter to the leadership of the Appropriations Committees urging them to...
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Veterans Deserve Care, Not More Debt
Read moreThe House of Representatives is set to vote on the Honoring our PACT Act of 2021 to provide additional benefits to veterans because of exposure to...
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Cancelling Student Debt Would Add to Inflation
Read moreLawmakers and advocates have loudened their calls to cancel student loan debt before the current re-payment moratorium ends on May 1 st. Given the...
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Event Recap: Trust Fund Solutions
Read moreOn February 17, Senators Angus King (I-ME) and Mitt Romney (R-UT) joined the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and panel of experts to...
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Ten Options to Secure the Highway Trust Fund
Read moreAccounting for the enactment of the bipartisan infrastructure law (formally, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act), we estimate the Highway...
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COMPETES Act is Missing a Score and Offsets
Read moreThe House of Representatives is set to vote on the America COMPETES Act of 2022 soon, which is its version of the Senate-passed United States...
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The Infrastructure Bill’s Impact on the Highway Trust Fund
Read moreIn addition to new investments in surface transportation, transit, broadband, energy, water, tax breaks, and other transportation spending, the...
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A Smaller Reconciliation Bill Should Retain Offsets
Read morePolicymakers are currently considering if and how to develop new legislation, in place of the House Build Back Better Act, under the reconciliation...
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New Report Shows Student Debt Cancellation is Regressive
Read moreRecently, Adam Looney, Executive Director of the Marriner S. Eccles Institute at the University of Utah and a Nonresident Senior Fellow in Economic...
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The Case for Restoring Discretionary Spending Caps
Read moreOn February 18, 2022, the current continuing resolution will expire, and legislation will be needed to continue funding the federal government...
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New COVID Wave Does Not Justify Further Borrowing
Read moreAs the Omicron variant of COVID-19 continues to spread through the United States, press reports suggest policymakers are considering additional COVID...