Appropriations
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Year-End Borrowing Could Worsen Deficits and Inflation
Read moreWith inflation surging and debt approaching record levels, policymakers should avoid worsening the deficit and should at least pledge to add no new...
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Rules Reform – Ideas for the 118th Congress
Read moreAt the beginning of each new session of Congress, the House of Representatives must agree on a new set of rules governing how business will be...
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Congress Should not Increase Health Costs in CR
Read moreCongress is currently discussing a number of policy changes to increase Medicare and other health payments. In total, these changes could cost up to...
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More Borrowing Will Hurt Competitiveness
Read moreThis week, the Senate is moving forward on a compromise “chips-plus” economic competitiveness bill. Though there is not yet a score from the...
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Six Ways to Fight Inflation
Read morePersonal Consumption Expenditure (PCE) inflation rose by 6.3 percent over the past year and 0.6 percent last month according to new data from the...
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Appropriations Watch: FY 2022
Read moreNote: For the latest fiscal year, click here . Updated 7/5/22: The Senate passed a roughly $40 billion Ukraine emergency supplemental appropriations...
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Congress Needs to Stop Deeming and Start Budgeting
Read moreToday, the House of Representatives passed a $1.6 trillion “deeming resolution” to set the topline level for appropriations for Fiscal Year 2023. The...
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What's in the FY 2022 Omnibus Bill?
Read moreLast week, Congress passed the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 omnibus appropriations bill, which sets appropriations levels and allocations for the remainder...
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Congress' December Challenges Can't Wait
Read moreFor Immediate Release As lawmakers continue to debate the Build Back Better reconciliation bill, they have a number of pressing deadlines and policy...
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UPDATE: Build Back Better Visualized
Read moreUPDATE 12/10: Since this analysis was published, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has issued a correction to their initial estimate of H.R. 5376...
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Build Back Better Visualized
Read moreLast week, the White House released a $1.75 trillion framework for the reconciliation bill currently working its way through Congress. When combined...
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Chartbook: Build Back Better for Less
Read morePolicymakers are apparently now targeting $1.5 trillion to $2.3 trillion of gross spending increases and tax cuts for their Build Back Better...