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Lankford on SSDI: The Time for Reform is Now
On Tuesday, Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) wrote an op-ed in The Hill advocating for meaningful reform to the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)...
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New Discussions on a Carbon Tax
The Tax Policy Center (TPC) recently released a primer on carbon taxes. The report outlines how the construction of a carbon tax matters for its...
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Levin, Baldwin Introduce Bill to Close Carried Interest Loophole
Ways and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) and Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) have introduced a bill to close a well-known tax loophole that...
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Senate Budget Committee Reports Crime Victims Fund Legislation
Last week, the Senate Budget Committee passed a bill to limit the use of the Crime Victims Fund (CVF) as a back-door method to increase appropriations...
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Warner Amendment Would Restore Program Integrity Funding
The Senate is undergoing vote-a-rama, an annual event where the Senate considers hundreds of amendments before voting on the budget resolution. Of the...
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Senate Amends Budget Resolution in Committee
While considering the FY 2016 budget, the Senate Budget Committee voted on about 50 amendments before passing the budget resolution on a party line 12...
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Chairman Enzi Debuts FY 2016 Senate Budget
Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) has released his FY 2016 budget resolution, which prescribes $5.1 trillion of spending cuts to reach...
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Maya MacGuineas Testifies in Front of Senate Budget Committee
Maya MacGuineas, President of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, testified last Wednesday in front of the Senate Budget Committee for a...
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Hatch Calls for Tax Reform in the 114th Congress
If tax reform is going to happen in the 114th Congress, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) will be a central figure as the incoming Chairman of the Finance...
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Senators Chambliss and Coburn Bid Farewell, Talk Fiscal Issues
The end of the 113th Congress saw the retirement of two Senators who actively fought for controlling and limiting the U.S. federal debt. Senators...
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Event Recap: A Discussion on Dynamic Scoring
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted a policy discussion this past Tuesday on dynamic scoring. CRFB President Maya MacGuineas opened...
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Senator Sanders Proposes Emergency VA Authorization
In response to the recent VA scandal and hospital backlogs, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has proposed legislation...