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Gap Widens Between Trustees and CBO on Social Security
Although the Social Security Trustees estimate the program's financial outlook has slightly improved relative to last year, the Congressional Budget...
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CRFB Breaks Down the Social Security Trustees' Report
Following the release of the 2015 Social Security Trustees' report yesterday, CRFB has released a report summarizing the myriad statistics and...
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Medicare Trustees' Report Shows The Importance of Cost Control Vigilance
There was plenty of focus on the Social Security Trustees' report yesterday, but the Medicare report, released at the same time, contains very...
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Report: Analysis of the 2015 Social Security Trustees' Report
Today, the Social Security and Medicare Trustees released their annual reports on the financial health of the programs. Although these projections...
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Senate Transportation Bill Finds Offsets for Three Years of Funding
The Senate is discussing a bill that would reauthorize highway programs for six years and provide $47.6 billion of funding to cover the Highway Trust...
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Social Security Trustees Sound the Solvency Alarm
The Social Security and Medicare Trustees have released their reports on the long-term finances of each program, showing those programs remain...
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Finance Committee Approves Extenders, Adds to Debt
The Senate Finance Committee today approved a package of 50-plus tax breaks that expired last year known as "tax extenders." Unfortunately, they chose...
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Inversions Come Up As An Offset Possibility
The House Budget Committee Democrats jumped into the transportation debate last week with a proposed surface transportation reauthorization that...
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Social Security Costs Keep Increasing Over the Long Term
CBO's Long-Term Budget Outlook, released last month, included updated projections for Social Security and Medicare, including individuals' expected...
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Bipartisan House Bill Would Keep Extra Congressional Allowances Unspent
Reps. Ron Kind (D-WI), Reid Ribble (R-WI), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and Pat Tiberi (R-OH) introduced a bipartisan bill (H.R. 3077, the Giveback Deficit...
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Second Half of the Year Means Plenty of Fiscal Speed Bumps Ahead
As we move past the midpoint of 2015, several fiscal deadlines are fast approaching. Congress is preparing to act on two important Fiscal Speed Bumps...