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House Set to Target Deficit-Reducing Parts of ACA
Update (6/12/15): A new CBO score estimates that repealing IPAB will cost $7.1 billion over ten years, with all of the cost recorded after 2021. The...
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Congress Postpones Highway Decisions Until July
The President signed a two-month extension of the highway bill on Friday evening, postponing decisions about spending and the financing of the Highway...
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Time to Get to Work on a Highway Trust Fund Solution
Lawmakers have many potential options to address the shortfall in the Highway Trust Fund. With the President expected to sign a two-month extension of...
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Richmond Fed Releases Bailout Barometer
The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond has updated their “ Bailout Barometer,” which measures the total financial sector liabilities that have a...
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Congressional Double-Take on Revenue
The Congressional budget resolution proposes to bring the budget into balance by reducing spending $5.3 trillion over the next decade while keeping...
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Reps. Carney and Renacci Release Bill Improving Budget Process
This week, Representatives John Carney (D-DE) and Jim Renacci (R-OH) introduced a bipartisan bill to improve the budget process. The Budget Integrity...
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Four Takeaways from the Solutions Initiative Plans
The Peterson Foundation's Solutions Initiative III produced five different fiscal plans that would improve the current long-term budget outlook. We...
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Marc Goldwein: Feds Warn Transit Agencies About Funding Cut Off
Marc Goldwein is the Senior Vice President and Senior Policy Director of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He wrote a guest post that...
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Op-Ed: Paving the Way for Sustainable Highway Financing
RealClearPolicy | May 21, 2015 Congress faces yet another deadline, and yet again is set to stall. This time, there literally could be a bumpy road...
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Sanders Takes Aim at Generic Drug Prices in Medicaid
Earlier this week, Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Bernie Sanders (I-VT) introduced the Medicaid Generic Drug Price Fairness Act, a bill...
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Repairing How the Budget Treats the Highway Trust Fund
In our recently released plan, The Road to Sustainable Highway Spending, we propose a variety of measures to support the Highway Trust Fund (HTF)...