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A Quick Summary of President Trump's FY 2018 Budget
Read moreToday, President Trump released his Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 budget, the first full budget proposal of his presidency. We will publish a full analysis...
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President’s Budget Relies on Rosy Assumptions
Read moreFor Immediate Release President Trump’s first full budget was previewed tonight. The budget calls for $3.6 trillion of spending reductions and reforms...
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What We'd Like to See in President Trump's Full FY 2018 Budget
Read moreAfter releasing its “skinny budget” in March, the Trump Administration is slated to release its full budget request outlining the President’s...
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Trump Budget Spending Increases Aren’t All Paid For
Read moreAlthough President’s Trump “ skinny budget” pays for most of its defense spending increases with cuts elsewhere, one-fifth of the spending increases...
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Maya MacGuineas and Robert L. Bixby: Trump's "skinny budget" gets an incomplete
Read moreMaya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt, and Robert L. Bixby, executive...
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President Trump's FY 2018 "Skinny Budget"
Read moreThe Trump Administration today released its "skinny budget," which details its plans for defense and non-defense discretionary spending for Fiscal...
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Cutting the Smallest and Slowest Growing Part of the Budget
Read morePresident Trump's March budget release will reportedly increase defense spending next year by $54 billion and cut non-defense spending by the same...
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Is Trump Proposing One of the Largest Defense Increases in History?
Read moreIn his joint address to Congress, President Trump said, "I am sending the Congress a budget that rebuilds the military, eliminates the defense...
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Pay-as-you-go: An Important First Budget Step
Read moreToday, President Donald Trump released his first budget outline calling for an increase in defense spending. The following is a statement by President...
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What We’d Like to See in President Trump’s FY 2018 “Skinny Budget”
Read moreThe Trump Administration is expected to soon release its first budget outlining the President’s priorities for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 and the...
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OMB’s Mid-Session Review Confirms Growing Deficits Ahead
Read moreThe Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released today the Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 Mid-Session Review (MSR), which updates both OMB’s budget baseline...
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CBO Estimates Economic Effects of the President's Final Budget
Read moreIn addition to producing its own estimate of the budgetary effects of the President's budget, CBO typically estimates the economic effects of the...