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House Republicans Release Poverty Recommendations
Read moreThe House Republicans' Task Force on Poverty, Opportunity, and Upward Mobility released a report this week outlining recommendations for poverty...
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McCain Amendment Would Undermine Appropriations Discipline
Read moreWhen the Senate considers this year's National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain (R-AZ) is...
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Zika Debate Provides An Opportunity to Discuss How Emergencies Are Funded
Read moreCurrently, Congress is debating if and how to provide emergency funding to fight the Zika virus. While the President has requested $1.9 billion in...
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Christmas for the Pentagon Is Early This Year: Statement by Maya MacGuineas
Read moreThe defense authorization bill reported by the House Armed Services Committee would funnel $23 billion of war funds to the Pentagon for basic expenses...
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FAA Bill Should Not Turn Into an April Christmas Tree
Read moreUpdate: The Congressional Budget Office has released its score of the Senate FAA bill, estimating that it would reduce ten-year deficits by a small...
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Sanders's Paid Family Leave Plan, Explained
Read moreDemocratic Presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has a Family Values Agenda built upon current legislation that calls for mandatory...
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How Much Will Government Spend Under the Next President?
Read moreOne interesting metric of any budget plan is how much it would increase or reduce federal spending. According to our latest estimates, all candidates...
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Could Ending Common Core Significantly Reduce Federal Spending?
Read moreDuring recent debates, several candidates have proposed to end Common Core.
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House Budget Would Expand War Spending Gimmick
Read moreThe Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) designation has often been used to circumvent spending limits, and the budget resolution released by House...
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How Senator Ted Cruz Would Increase Defense Spending
Read moreLast week, Republican presidential candidate Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) released a new plan to Rebuild America’s Military through a number of specific...
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Would Sen. Sanders Increase the Government by 40%?
Read moreDuring the Democratic debate on February 11th, Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that Senator Bernie Sanders’s plans would increase the...
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What's New in the President's FY 2017 Budget
Read moreThe final budget of the Obama Presidency continues a mix of long-standing policies (including a few that have been in all eight budgets) and policies...