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2013 SAVE Award Announced
Read moreSince 2009, the White House has held an annual contest for federal employees to submit their money saving ideas, called the SAVE Award (which stands...
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CBO 95 Percent Confident Social Security Trust Fund Runs Out in 25 Years
Read moreCBO's Long-Term Budget Outlook contains significant amounts of helpful data on Social Security. However, a lot of the data focus on just the outlays...
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Op-Ed: Don't Be So Quick To Dismiss The Paul Ryan-Patty Murray Budget Deal
Read moreForbes | December 18, 2013 The Congressional Budget Conference Agreement is a paradox. On its face it is underwhelming. It ignores the pressing long...
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The Final Four Is Here...For the SAVE Award
Read moreWhile the Final Four for the NCAA tournament is still almost four months away, another Final Four is taking place right now. Although it won't be held...
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Op-Ed: Budget Deal is Just a Start
Read moreLos Angeles Times | December 16, 2013 The budget agreement reached by the House and Senate this week is a small step forward in restoring some sanity...
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Understanding the Defense Retirement Reforms in the Bipartisan Budget Act
Read moreAs CRFB has explained in a recent analysis, the Bipartisan Budget Act under consideration in the Senate would replace a portion of the mindless...
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How the Bipartisan Budget Act Improves the Long Term
Read moreAs we've said before, paying for temporary costs with savings that grow over the long term is very helpful for the long-term budget outlook, as it...
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly in the Bipartisan Budget Act
Read moreOn Wednesday, we published an analysis of the Bipartisan Budget Act, which would replace a portion of the FY2014 and FY2015 sequester with mandatory...
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Diving Deeper Into the Budget Conference Agreement
Read moreWith the details on the agreement reached by Budget Committee chairs Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Patty Murray (D-WA) made fully available yesterday, CRFB has...
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Spending Agreement "Splits the Difference" for 2014
Read moreOn Tuesday, Sen. Patty Murray and Rep. Paul Ryan announced a budget deal that set discretionary spending levels for the next two years, removed some...
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WaPo: A Flawed Deal is Better Than No Deal
Read moreSo far, reactions to the budget agreement have been mixed. As we said in our report yesterday, Understanding the Bipartisan Budget Act, the deal...
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