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CBO Shows Deteriorating Budget and Economic Projections
Read moreThe Super Bowl was held last Sunday, and the Olympics are coming up in a few days, but the biggest event this week happened today as CBO released its...
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Report: Analysis of CBO’s 2014 Budget and Economic Outlook
Read moreNote: The paper's mention of the change in deficits from 2015 to 2024 has been corrected.
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Sources of Spending Growth in CBO's Baseline
Read moreThe CBO's baseline released today shows how spending is expected to grow over time and where that growth occurs in the federal budget. In general...
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Has the Deficit Been Cut in Half?
Read moreLast night, President Obama gave his State of the Union address to Congress, which mentioned fiscal policy on a several occasions. As one of the...
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Growth and Deficit Reduction Are Not Incompatible
Read moreYesterday in an interview on CNBC's Squawkbox, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers chimed in again on his views that boosting economic growth...
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CBO's "Approaches to Reducing Federal Spending on Military Health Care"
Read moreMilitary personnel costs continue to increase as a share of the defense budget. One of the fastest growing components is military health care, where...
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Winners and Losers from the Omnibus Legislation
Read moreLast month's Ryan-Murray budget deal set overall spending levels for the government at $1.1 trillion, but it did not set specific spending levels for...
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The Omnibus Bill Has Passed the House
Read moreLawmakers in the House moved quickly to pass the omnibus appropriations bill released two days ago with a 359-67 vote. Earlier in the day, the Senate...
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War Spending in the Omnibus Bill
Read moreAmong the many things we noted yesterday on the blog about the omnibus appropriations bill was the similarity between war spending in the bill and in...
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Op-Ed: Helping the Budget $150 Billion at a Time
Read moreThe Hill | January 14, 2014 By all accounts, 2014 is unlikely to be the year of the grand bargain…or anything close. Neither the President nor any of...
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Understanding the "Omnibus" Appropriations Bill
Read moreLast night, Congressional appropriators unveiled a $1.1 trillion omnibus appropriations bill that would fund the government for the rest of FY 2014...
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UI Offsets a Good Start, But Fall Short
Read moreToday, the Congressional Budget Office released their score of the proposal from Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) to renew extended unemployment...