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House Child Care Plan Cost Could Double If Made Permanent
Read moreAs lawmakers discuss making numerous parts of the Build Back Better plan expire early, at least one part of the House bill — the expanded child care...
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BBB Expirations Could Hide $1 to $2 Trillion of True Costs
Read moreAs negotiations over President Biden’s Build Back Better reconciliation package continue, lawmakers are reportedly considering an extension of the...
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Chartbook: Build Back Better for Less
Read morePolicymakers are apparently now targeting $1.5 trillion to $2.3 trillion of gross spending increases and tax cuts for their Build Back Better...
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Build Back Better for Less: Two Illustrative Packages
Read moreNote: We have published a chartbook to accompany this paper. Policymakers are apparently now targeting $1.5 trillion to $2.3 trillion of gross...
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FY 2022 Reconciliation Tracker
Read moreLast Updated: 12/20/2021 Budget reconciliation is underway ( read more about the full process here), with House and Senate lawmakers crafting a...
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No Score, No Vote: House Should Not Vote on Reconciliation Without a Score
Read moreFor Immediate Release Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) recently called for the House of Representatives to pass its reconciliation bill, the Build Back...
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Q&A: Everything You Should Know About Government Shutdowns
Read moreThis paper has been updated here. The new fiscal year (FY) will begin on October 1, 2021, and Congress has so far enacted none of the 12...
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Five Ways to Improve the FY 2022 Reconciliation Package
Read moreCongress is attempting to enact a large and ambitious agenda of new programs through the reconciliation process. While President Biden has made the...
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Better Targeting in Reconciliation
Read moreAs lawmakers negotiate the details of their reconciliation package, they will need to scale back some of their ambitions to prevent arbitrary policy...
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Keeping Offsets on the Table
Read moreAs lawmakers work to put together a reconciliation package that could include up to $3.5 trillion of gross spending and tax breaks, resistance has...
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Representatives Murphy and Cuellar Push for Fiscally Responsible Reconciliation
Read moreRepresentatives Stephanie Murphy (D-FL) and Henry Cuellar (D-TX) recently sent a letter to House majority leadership outlining principles for the...
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Biden Administration’s SNAP Increase Could Add $180 Billion to Deficits
Read moreThe U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently announced it will be revising the Thrifty Food Plan (TFP), used for the calculation of Supplemental...