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House Should Take Up and Improve Senate Bill
Last night, the Senate passed legislation extending highway funding through December and offsetting the cost with a number of deficit reduction...
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Medicare Trustees Report Delivers Good News But Need for Reform Remains
We have already released our analysis of the 2014 Social Security Trustees' report, which showed that the program's long-term finances are largely...
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Price Tag for VA Conference Bill: $10 Billion
Note: CBO has issued a more detailed score of the bill. The table has been updated to reflect these numbers. The Congressional Budget Office yesterday...
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CRFB Event: Decoding the Social Security Trustees Report
With the release of the Social Security Trustees Report, CRFB held an event examining the trustees report on July 29, 2014, at the Hyatt Regency in...
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MY VIEW: Eugene Steuerle July 2014
Eugene Steuerle is the cofounder of the Tax Policy Center, a senior fellow at The Urban Institute, a columnist for Tax Notes Magazine, and a CRFB...
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CRFB Analyzes The Social Security Trustees Report
The Social Security and Medicare Trustees reports provide a detailed projection of each program's finances over the next 75 years. In response, we...
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Letter in Support of The Social Security Commission Act of 2014
The Social Security Trustees’ annual report makes clear that Congress must take action to restore long-term solvency to the program’s trust funds. To...
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Rep. Ryan Unveils Antipoverty Plan at AEI Event
The American Enterprise Institute held an event Thursdsay commemorating the 50th anniversary of the start of the War on Poverty. The event, “Expanding...
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Report: Analysis of the 2014 Social Security Trustees' Report
See our followup blog series for additional information on the Trustees Report not included in the analysis below. The Social Security and Medicare...
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Social Security Trustees Show Program Headed Toward Insolvency
Today, the Social Security and Medicare Trustees released reports on the financial state of the country's largest entitlement programs. The reports...
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Actually, Paul, the Debt is Still a Problem
In a recent New York Times column, economist Paul Krugman argued that the focus on the national debt represented “an imaginary budget and debt crisis...
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The Carper-Corker-Boxer Amendment: A Gimmick-Free Highway Funding Patch
This week, the Senate agreed by unanimous consent to consider the House-passed highway bill, H.R. 5021. The agreement allows for the consideration of...