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Final Tax Bill Could End Up Costing $2.2 Trillion
Read moreThe final conference committee agreement of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) would cost $1.46 trillion under conventional scoring and over $1 trillion...
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Gimmicks to Look Out For in a Spending Deal
Read moreWith Congress moving toward funding the government for the remainder of fiscal year 2018, pressure is mounting to increase discretionary spending...
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Health Package Sets Stage For Nearly $600 Billion of Costs
Read moreWays and Means Committee Republicans have offered a package of health legislation that would delay several Affordable Care Act (ACA or "Obamacare")...
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Policymakers Can Still Change Course and Pass a Responsible Tax Plan
Read moreFor Immediate Release The conference committee on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act has reportedly reached an agreement on principle today as the committee...
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With Debt Limit Reinstated, It's Time for Reform
Read moreAs lawmakers go to conference for the tax bill, an important issue has flown under the radar. The debt limit was reinstated on December 9 after the...
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JCT's Latest Analysis Confirms Tax Bills Will Produce Modest Growth, Won't Pay For Themselves
Read moreThe Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) released its dynamic analysis of the House's version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) yesterday. JCT's...
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Maya MacGuineas: An Opportunity to Improve the Tax Bill While Replacing the PAYGO Sequester
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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The Year-End Debt Dilemma
Read moreAs the year comes to a close, lawmakers have a number of legislative deadlines and a variety of issues they need or want to address – many of which...
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Discretionary Cap Deal Could Cost Over $100 Billion Per Year
Read moreLawmakers are reportedly considering a year-end deal to repeal the sequester and increase discretionary spending potentially as much as $230 billion...
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Policymakers Should Reform Student Loan Programs
Read moreLawmakers will need offsets to keep year-end legislation from substantially worsening the debt, and one area we've suggested in our Mini-Bargain and...
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Treasury Department Report Assumes Instead of Analyzing
Read moreFor Immediate Release Today, the Treasury Department’s Office of Tax Policy issued a finding that claims the Senate Finance Committee's tax reform...
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The Tax Bill Conference Committee Can Make The Final Bill Responsible
Read moreBoth the House and Senate versions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) as currently written would cost nearly $1.5 trillion on a conventional basis...