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Disaster Relief Deserves Offsets
Read moreFor Immediate Release Last week, the Trump Administration requested $44 billion of disaster relief funding, on top of roughly $50 billion of disaster...
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Leon Panetta: Blowing Up the Debt is a Threat to America
Read moreAs the tax bills under consideration by the Congress make clear, the congressional budget process is badly broken — and there’s no longer any pretense...
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Leon Panetta and Other Former Defense Secretaries: Debt-Increasing Tax Bill Threatens National Security
Read moreAn open letter to Congressional leaders from Leon Panetta, Ash Carter and Chuck Hagel.
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A Mini-Bargain to Improve the Budget: An Update
Read moreNote: This paper is an update from our August 2017 piece “ A Mini-Bargain to Improve the Budget .” It adds a new section on how to pay for disaster...
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Q&A: Everything You Should Know About Government Shutdowns
Read moreWe have updated this document. The most recent version is available here. It’s déjà vu all over again, again – Congress seems to be waiting until the...
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Are We Spending Billions of Dollars More on the Military?
Read moreDuring his speech detailing his new strategy for Afghanistan, President Trump said, "Under my administration, many billions of dollars more is being...
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President Trump's Infrastructure Proposals, Explained
Read moreOne of the key priorities for the White House has been infrastructure, with last week declared "infrastructure week" and President Trump unveiling...
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Resources for Infrastructure Week
Read moreThe White House has dubbed this week "infrastructure week" to talk about the infrastructure proposals in the President's recent budget, including an...
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Appropriations Watch: FY 2017
Read moreBoth the House (by a 309-118 vote) and the Senate (by a 79-18 vote) have passed the FY 2017 omnibus appropriations bills, which funds the government...
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Increasing Infrastructure Investment Must Be Paid For
Read moreIn a recent interview with The New York Times, President Trump said that he wants to invest $1 trillion in infrastructure because "we are borrowing...
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Is it Time to Enact Postal Reform?
Read moreA bipartisan proposal aimed at putting the postal service on better financial ground has been gaining traction in recent weeks. The United States...
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Has Debt Gone Down By $12 Billion Since Trump Took Office?
Read moreOn Twitter, President Trump claimed the national debt decreased by $12 billion during his first month in office, as opposed to increasing during...