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Weekend Editorial Roundup
Here are the highlights from this weekend’s editorials on fiscal and budget policy: The New York Times believed that the suits made by various state...
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‘Line’ Items: Hoops, Blossoms and Canaries
Health Care Makes it Through the Final Hoops – Congress completed work last week on the reconciliation package, which included fixes to the health...
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CBO/JCT Reports Roundup
A number of very interesting and relevant government reports came out this week. Check them out: CBO: Costs and Policy Options for Federal Student...
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CBO's Analysis of the President's FY2011 Budget
In its Analysis of the President's Budget, CBO estimates that the FY 2011 budget proposals would cause public debt levels to rise to 90 percent of GDP...
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Ping Pong on Reconciliation: Senate Votes to Pass Reconciliation Measure, House Must Now Vote Again
The Senate passed the reconciliation bill on health care bill reform (that includes student loan provisions) this afternoon by a vote of 56 to 43...
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Sovereign Risk Jitters
For budget and market watchers, the month of March has been a little scary. It is not easy to come out of the deepest recession and financial crisis...
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The Costs of Current Policies
This morning, we released our review of CBO's Analysis of the President's Budget, which discusses the budget implications of the President's FY 2011...
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Time to Get Started: Final Three Appointees to the Fiscal Commission and Executive Director Named
Today Speaker Nancy Pelosi appointed the final three members to National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform: Rep. John Spratt (D-S.C.)...
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Spring Arrives: Bring Out the Baseball Caps--And the Budget Caps
Signaling bipartisan support for much-needed spending restraint, more than 100 members of the House and Senate are sponsoring legislation that would...
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President Signs Health Care Reform Bill
Earlier this afternoon, President Obama signed the health care bill into law. Over the past year, CRFB has offered continuous commentary and opinions...
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Bank Failures Pass 200 Mark
On Friday evening, the FDIC reported that it has taken over an additional seven banks ( State Bank of Aurora, First Lowndes Bank, Bank of Hiawassee...
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Gimmick, Responsible Budgeting, or Something in Between?
There has been a great deal of discussion about certain parts of the health care bill and whether or not they constitute budget gimmickry (see here...