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MY VIEW: Jim Nussle
Jim Nussle, Co-Chair of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, served as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget from 2007-2009...
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Sahadi Warns of Disability Insurance Insolvency
We've written many times on the need to reform Social Security well before it becomes insolvent in the 2030s. But as Jeanne Sahadi explains in a...
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Restoring Highway Solvency by Reducing Spending
We released a new paper, Trust or Bust: Fixing the Highway Trust Fund, which showed the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) faces a $170 billion shortfall over...
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Restoring Highway Solvency by Increasing Current Revenue
Without a fix soon, the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) will run out of money this summer, slowing down infrastructure projects across the nation. Our recent...
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CRFB to Conferees: Care for Veterans but be Fiscally Responsible
Both the House and Senate have passed bills reforming the VA, and a conference committee must now meet to hammer out differences between the two bills...
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Alternatives for Measuring the Federal Deficit
One of the wonkier fiscal debates that arises from time to time concerns the accounting method used to measure the size of the budget deficit. This...
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Murphy-Corker: A Responsible Solution for Highways and an Irresponsible One for Tax Extenders
Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Bob Corker (R-TN) announced a proposal this week to close the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) shortfall by increasing the...
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Trust or Bust: Fixing the Highway Trust Fund
Update: After publication we wrote a series of blogs providing options for offsets or to bring spending and revenue in line. As well in May 2015 we...
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CBO Finds House VA Bill Could Cost More, Does Cost Less Than Senate Bill
The Congressional Budget Office today released a preliminary analysis of several sections of the House VA reform bill. Like the Senate bill that we...
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Senators Begich and Murray Propose Social Security Benefit Enhancements
Last week, Senator Mark Begich (D-AK) and Senate Budget Committee Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) introduced legislation that would make targeted increases...
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Paying for A Fix to the VA Health System
Now that both chambers of Congress have passed bills aimed at improving the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health system, they will need...