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The Omnibus Spent More than Either Side Asked For
Read moreThe Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (BBA) increased this year's discretionary spending caps by a whopping $143 billion, paving the way for a 13 percent...
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Pro-Growth Infrastructure Needs Concrete Pay-Fors
Read morePolicymakers in Washington have turned their attention to infrastructure, with members of both parties putting forward their own competing proposals...
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Appropriations Watch: FY 2018
Read moreCongress has completed action on omnibus appropriations legislation. The House and Senate passed the omnibus bill, and President Trump signed the...
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Spending Deal Sets Dangerous Precedent
Read moreFor Immediate Release Congressional leaders unveiled late Wednesday a bipartisan spending agreement to fund the government through the remainder of...
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Where Does the Higher Spending in the Omnibus Go?
Read morePolicymakers recently announced an omnibus appropriations bill to fund the government for the remaining six months of Fiscal Year 2018. The bill funds...
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Maya MacGuineas: Federal Budget Increasingly Tilted Against Investment in Children
Read moreMaya MacGuineas is president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently...
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Bipartisan Budget Act Means the Return of Trillion-Dollar Deficits
Read moreLawmakers have passed a budget deal that will increase deficits by $320 billion over a decade or almost $420 billion with interest and sets the stage...
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Budget Deal Could Lead to $2 Trillion Deficits
Read moreFor Immediate Release Congress passed a massive budget agreement early Friday that adds almost $420 billion with interest to the national debt over...
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Budget Deal Could Ultimately Add $2 Trillion in Debt
Read moreThe budget deal lawmakers have agreed to would increase discretionary spending above and beyond repeal of the sequester and the caps set in law under...
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Budget Deal Would Bust Original BCA Caps
Read moreThe budget deal currently being considered by Congress would increase discretionary spending caps over the next two years by $165 billion for defense...
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Budget Deal Will Bring Back Trillion-Dollar Deficits and Could Ultimately Add More Than $1.5 Trillion to the Debt
Read moreFor Immediate Release Senate leaders have agreed to a massive budget deal raising the defense and nondefense spending caps for two years, increasing...
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Q&A: Everything You Should Know About Government Shutdowns
Read moreThis paper has been updated here. As we’ve learned to expect, Congress seems to be waiting until the last minute to address several important fiscal...