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Another Lame Duck Decision Point: Military Personnel Spending
CQ is reporting (subscription required) that the main obstacle to the defense appropriations authorization, which must be addressed during the lame...
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The Worst Lame Duck Ideas That Can Add $1.5 Trillion to the Debt
Policymakers are considering using the lame duck session to substantially worsen the nation's budget. A commonly discussed package would add...
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CRFB's Plan to Offset Upcoming Policies
Congress and the President need to prep for some important upcoming fiscal moments, and CRFB has a plan to help them do just that. The Paying for...
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New CBO Estimates Set the Stage for "Doc Fix" Discussions
Following a final rule issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), CBO has updated its estimate of various "doc fix" policies to...
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The PREP Plan: Paying for Reform and Extension Policies
In the coming months, Congress and the President will face a number of important decisions with significant fiscal implications. Specifically, they...
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Highlights from CBO's New Data on Income Distribution and Taxes
The CBO has updated its data on the distribution of income and taxes. This analysis contains a wealth of data detailing changes in household income...
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SSDI: Challenges beyond its Trust Fund
Henry Aaron – Chair of the Social Security Advisory Board and a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution – recently weighed in on the Social...
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Gene Steuerle: Pushing on Air in a Balloon--Health Cost Growth and $1,000 Pills
Dr. Eugene (Gene) Steuerle is the Richard B. Fisher chair and Institute Fellow at the Urban Institute and a member of the Committee for a Responsible...
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Updated ISIS Request Should Set Bar for War Spending
As expected, the Obama Administration today issued amendments to its FY 2015 war spending (Overseas Contingency Operations) request, adding $5.6...
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Are Accelerated Write-Off Provisions Effective?
Two of the biggest items among the tax extenders that Congress may consider before the end of the year are two provisions that allow accelerated write...
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The President's Emergency Funding Request on Ebola
The White House this week requested an additional $6.18 billion in discretionary appropriations for the current fiscal year to cover the costs...
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Lame Duck To-Do (and Don't) List
With the 2014 midterm elections mostly in the books, the current Congress will return from weeks of campaigning to finish some remaining items before...