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The Infrastructure Bill’s Impact on the Highway Trust Fund
In 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
Policymakers 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
Recently, 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
On 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
As the Omicron variant of COVID-19 continues to spread through the United States, press reports suggest policymakers are considering additional COVID...
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CBO Scores the Build Back Better Act
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released cost estimates for every title of the House-passed Build Back Better Act (H.R. 5376). Without...
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CBO Analysis Highlights Risk of Arbitrary Expirations
The House-passed Build Back Better Act incorporates numerous arbitrary sunsets in order to hold down its costs. Today, the Congressional Budget Office...
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CBO Estimates a Permanent Build Back Better
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) today released an estimate of how much it would cost to make most temporary provisions in the House-passed Build...
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Reducing Build Back Better Inflation Risk
As we recently discussed, the House-passed Build Back Better Act is likely to be modestly inflationary over the next few years. Though we expect the...
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Does Build Back Better Cost $1.6 Trillion or $2.4 Trillion?
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently estimated that the House-passed Build Back Better Act will increase outlays by $1.64 trillion over ten...
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What Will Build Back Better Mean for Inflation?
With inflation on track to reach its highest annual rate since 1990, experts and advocates are in disagreement over whether the Build Back Better Act...
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Senate Should Make Build Back Better, Better
For Immediate Release The Senate this month is planning to consider the $2.4 trillion Build Back Better Act, which passed the House of Representatives...