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CBO Budget Projections Show Bleak Outlook
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released its 2019 budget and economic projections, and the budget outlook is very bleak. CBO's baseline...
The Longest Shutdown Has Hit Consumer Sentiment the Hardest
It's not just the economy that's taken a hit from the partial shutdown of the government. Consumer confidence has taken a dip as well, falling more...
A (Very Small) PAYGO Sequester is Scheduled To Happen
Small automatic cuts may be coming soon because Congress added to deficits last year. An $800 million (0.1 percent cut) was supposed to go into...
Shutdown Is Bad; So Is More Borrowing
For Immediate Release
The Senate is voting on two different plans to re-open the government this afternoon. One version would increase deficits by...
The Government Shutdown Could Wipe Out Recent Stimulus Effects on This Quarter
The current government shutdown has lasted long enough to temporarily erase all the positive stimulus effects of recent major legislation. ...
The Shutdown's Economic Toll Equals the Average Hurricane
The current government shutdown is the economic equivalent of a self-imposed natural disaster. As the 32nd day of the longest government shutdown in...
Project Spotlight
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American Health Care: Rethinking the Challenges, Opportunities, and...
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There is a growing consensus that the budget process is broken....
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In our series, Budgeting for the Next Generation,[*]we review federal...
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Our Fiscal FactCheck series holds policymakers and candidates...
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FixUS seeks to better understand the root causes of our nation’s...
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The McCrery-Pomeroy SSDI Solutions Initiative is a project dedicated...
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The Campaign to Fix the Debt is a non-partisan national movement...
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The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget is a nonpartisan, non-profit organization committed to educating the public on issues with significant fiscal policy impact.