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IMF: Fiscal Reform Boosts Economic Growth
The IMF has released new research showing that fiscal reforms enhance economic growth. These findings are broadly consistent with other analysis of...
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Sources of Spending Growth in the Long Term
Over the past few weeks, we have been posting in-depth analysis of the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) Long-Term Outlook. In its supplemental data...
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Changes Make Cures Bill More Responsible
To ameliorate some concerns with the original bill, a revised version of H.R. 6, or the 21st Century Cures Act, was recently released, aiming to...
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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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High Debt Drags Down the Economy
According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), rising debt levels could reduce projected annual income by between $2,000 and $6,000 per person by...
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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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CBO Forecasts Costs of Climate Change
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released new estimates of the cost of climate change, specifically as it relates to hurricanes. The report...
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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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SSDI Solutions Initiative Releases SSDI Primer
In advance of the August 4th SSDI Solutions Conference, the McCrery-Pomeroy SSDI Solutions Initiative has released a short primer to kick off its new...
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Defunding Health Care Innovation Jeopardizes the Budget
In a move that could stall promising health care delivery system reforms and drive up entitlement spending, the House Appropriations Committee last...
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One Month to Go for Highway Funding
In a newly released ticker, the Department of Transportation has shown that there is one month left for lawmakers to decide on funding for the Highway...
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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...