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SGR Discussion Draft Coming Together
The Senate Finance and House Ways & Means Committees, last week, released a bipartisan, bicameral discussion draft of a proposal to permanently...
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A Conference Committee Wishlist
With conference committee meetings underway, many are weighing in with their take on what should be accomplished. On Friday, Fareed Zakaria at CNN...
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Gimmicks at Their Worst: The War "Savings" Gimmick
As lawmakers look to replace the sequester with smarter deficit reduction, it may be tempting to look for easy ways out. Unfortunately in recent...
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Short-Term Deficits May Be Shrinking, But Long-Term Problem Remains
Update: This blog has been updated to include the Mid-Session Review and CBO projections for the 2013 deficit. Yesterday, the Treasury Department and...
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SSA Announces New COLA
Yesterday, the Social Security Administration announced that beneficiaries will be receiving a 1.5 percent Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) this year...
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The Tax Break-Down: the FICA Tip Credit
This is the thirteenth post in our blog series, The Tax Break-Down, which will analyze and review tax breaks under discussion as part of tax reform...
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Wessel: Why It's Wrong to Dismiss the Deficit
Two weeks ago, we responded to a Larry Summers op-ed calling for a focus on growth rather than deficits. Yesterday, Wall Street Journal economics...
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Jim Nussle: For Budget Conference, Start With The Pizza
Today was the first meeting of the budget conference committee negotiating over this year's discretionary spending levels. Although the first meeting...
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The Budget Conference Committee's First Meeting
The first meeting of the budget conference committee is today! The committee will have a month and a half to reconcile the House and Senate-passed...
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Daschle: Now's the Time for Entitlement Reform
In an op-ed in POLITICO yesterday, former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle argued that the upcoming conference committee was the perfect time to...
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Line Items: Trick or Treat Edition
Conference Calls – While many of us prepare for a spooky adventure Thursday night, the day before will mark the beginning of another eerie undertaking...