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Budget Process Reforms in the Ryan Budget
The FY 2013 House Republican budget resolution, which has now been passed by the Budget Committee 19-18, contains a number of sweeping changes to the...
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The Ryan Budget in the Long Term
According to CBO’s report on the budget targets specified by Chairman Ryan and his staff (not a more traditional scoring of policies for whatever...
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Tax Reform in the Ryan Budget
As the House Republican budget resolution has come out and alternatives will be sure to follow, CRFB is rolling out a blog series looking at all the...
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Ryan Reprise: House Budget Committee Chairman Releases New Budget
This morning, House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) presented the House Republican budget, one that is similar to last year's budget...
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Fiscal Fact Checker: What Has Happened to CBO's Estimate of the Affordable Care Act?
CBO's most recent estimate of the insurance coverage provisions of the Affordable Care Act has sparked a debate about how CBO's estimate of ACA has...
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Line Items: March to Madness Edition
Mad, Mad World – There’s enough madness in DC to go around. Lawmakers from opposite parties seem perpetually angry at each other, yet they are moving...
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Washington Post Editorial Board Makes the Case for IPAB
With the House of Repressive getting ready to vote on a full repeal of the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB), the Washington Post Editorial...
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CBO and OMB In Tune on President's Budget
Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its analysis of President Obama's FY 2013 budget proposals. In a somewhat surprising analysis...
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An Odd Couple: Millionaire Surtax Paired with Balanced Budget Amendment Requirement
In what was surprising news to many when, yesterday, freshman Rep. Rick Crawford (R-AR) announced that he would introduce legislation that would apply...
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Senate Passes Transportation Bill
Yesterday, the Senate passed a two-year $109 billion transportation bill by a 74-22 vote. Since 2009, when the last five-year transportation bill...