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The Tax Break-Down: Municipal Bonds
This is the sixth post in a new CRFB blog series, The Tax Break-Down, which will analyze and review tax breaks under discussion as part of tax reform...
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The Upcoming Appropriations Showdown
It is now three weeks and counting until the start of FY 2014, when lawmakers will have to pass a bill funding the government or incur a shutdown...
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When Will Treasury Run Out of Cash to Pay its Bills?
Congress already has its hands full with finding a fiscally-responsible solution for the expiration of the government funding bill at the end of the...
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Bill Hoagland: Nation Does Not Need Another Government Shutdown
As Congress returns to Washington today, the clock is ticking to September 30, the end of the government's fiscal year and the date after which the...
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MY VIEW: Judd Gregg September 2013
Congress returned to Washington today and lawmakers will find their to-do list packed. But in today's The Hill, former Governor and Senator Judd Gregg...
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Op-Ed: Nation Does Not Need Another Government Shutdown
The Hill | September 6, 2013 The last real government shutdowns occurred in the winter of 1995. Two funding gaps that winter resulted in a total of 26...
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Op-Ed: Now or Never on Debt Issue
The Hill | September 9, 2013 After an August in the countryside or their states or somewhere around the world or Martha’s Vineyard, the president and...
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CBO Takes a Look at the Pell Grant Program
Today, the Congressional Budget Office released a new report on Pell Grants which details the program and recent changes made to it, shows options to...
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Returning to the Coburn-Lieberman Medicare Plan
Today, Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) and former Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT) sent a letter to House Ways and Means Chairman David Camp (R-MI) that...
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The Potential Budgetary Effect of Military Action in Syria
Over the weekend, President Obama made his widely anticipated remarks on the conflict of Syria, making his case for taking military action against the...
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$518 Billion? Inside the White House/Senate Negotiation's Math
Although Congress itself had been out of session prior to this week, some news last week came as the latest talks between the White House and a small...
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President Proposes 1% Pay Increase for Federal Workers
Last Friday, President Obama sent a letter to Congress calling for a 1 percent pay raise for federal civilian workers next year. The White House...