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Line Items: After the Treats Edition
Read moreSugar Crash – Another Halloween has come and gone. Many kids (and adults) have been quickly going through their sugar-filled loot. Eventually, the...
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SGR Discussion Draft Coming Together
Read moreThe 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
Read moreWith 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
Read moreAs 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
Read moreUpdate: 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
Read moreYesterday, 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
Read moreThis 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
Read moreTwo 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
Read moreToday 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
Read moreThe 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
Read moreIn an op-ed in POLITICO yesterday, former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle argued that the upcoming conference committee was the perfect time to...