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Jul 19, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections| Other Spending

Policymakers Should Offset, or Reset, the Budget Deal

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Jun 20, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Other Spending

A Plan to Raise the Caps Without Breaking the Bank

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Jul 19, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections| Other Spending

Policymakers Should Offset, or Reset, the Budget Deal

According to news reports, the White House recently sent Congressional leaders nearly $600 billion of potential budget savings options, requesting...
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Jul 10, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Other Spending

Appropriations Watch: FY 2020

Updated 7/10/2019: Press reports indicate the Senate will not proceed with appropriations bills until lawmakers reach a deal with the White House on...
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Jul 10, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Other Spending

New Pension Bill Adds Too Much to the Debt

The House Ways & Means Committee is considering pension reform legislation that CBO estimates will add $64 billion to deficits over the...
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Jun 20, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Other Spending

A Plan to Raise the Caps Without Breaking the Bank

Due to the large temporary increase in discretionary spending levels for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019 in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, spending is...
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Jun 4, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Other Spending

House Immigration Bill Should Be Offset

The House is poised to vote on the American Dream and Promise Act (HR 6) that would allow certain immigrants to obtain Lawful Permanent Resident...
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May 24, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Other Spending

Disaster Bill Should Be Paid For

The Senate has passed, and the House of Representatives will soon consider, an emergency spending bill for disaster relief.  The following is a...
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May 24, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Other Spending

Lawmakers Should Offset Latest Disaster Relief Package

Yesterday, the Senate voted to appropriate an additional $19 billion in disaster relief to aid the damage caused by wildfires, hurricanes,...
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May 23, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Other Spending

Representative Blumenauer Introduces Bill to Shore Up the Highway Trust Fund

Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) has introduced the Rebuild America Act, which would raise the excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel...
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May 21, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Other Spending

Deficit-Financed Infrastructure Spending Could Harm Economy

For Immediate Release President Trump and Congressional Democrats are meeting this week to discuss how to pay for as much as $2 trillion of new...
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