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Trustees: Social Security & Medicare Approaching Insolvency
Read moreThe Social Security (our analysis here) and Medicare (our analysis here) Trustees just released their annual reports for 2021 on the financial status...
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House Should Not Authorize Trillions of Borrowing
Read moreThe House is expected to vote this week on a Senate-passed budget resolution for Fiscal Year 2022 that would allow up to $1.75 trillion of borrowing...
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Comparing the Cost of Build Back Better to Other Recent Legislation
Read moreLawmakers are preparing to consider both portions of President Biden's Build Back Better agenda – the Senate-passed bipartisan infrastructure bill and...
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It’s Time to Wind Down the Student Loan Moratorium
Read moreThe Biden administration recently extended the federal student loan moratorium through January 2022. Under the moratorium, most federal student loan...
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The Budgetary Implications of the Senate Budget Resolution
Read moreThe recently released fiscal year (FY) 2022 Senate budget resolution provides reconciliation instructions allowing for deficit increases of up to $1...
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How Much Could Build Back Better Add to the Debt, An Update
Read moreNote: with recent Administrative actions on SNAP, debt-to-GDP will be about 0.6 percent higher in all scenarios. As a result, it will now reach 107...
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Bipartisan House Group Sends Letter Calling for Process Reforms
Read moreA bipartisan group of ten members from the House of Representatives recently sent a letter to the Senate calling for the addition of budget process...
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Former Budget Committee Director Warns Against Budgetary Gimmicks
Read moreFormer Democratic House Budget Committee staff director Tom Kahn recently penned an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal in which he commended Congress...
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More Pay-Fors Needed for Bipartisan Infrastructure Act
Read moreThe Senate passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, bipartisan legislation to increase federal infrastructure investments. The legislation...
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The Senate Should Restore the Conrad Rule
Read moreThe Senate is currently considering a budget resolution that includes reconciliation instructions to facilitate the enactment of numerous climate...
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CBO's Deficit Projections Are Higher, Here's Why
Read moreIn its updated Budget and Economic Outlook, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projected budget deficits will total $15.1 trillion between Fiscal...