Budgets & Projections
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Details Emerging About Sen. Conrad's Budget
Read moreIt's the budget that's been stuck in limbo. Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND), chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, has reportedly been working on a Senate...
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Op-Ed: Go Big on the Debt Ceiling
Read moreCNN Money | July 9, 2011 So President Obama has reportedly given congressional leaders a menu of options in the debt ceiling talks: a small, temporary...
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Op-Ed: If Washington Worked, Here's How We'd Fix the Budget
Read moreThe Atlantic | July 6, 2011 Seven months after the president's deficit commission released its report, Washington is embroiled in a self-destructive...
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Wyoming Residents Ask Politicians to Endorse Fiscal Commission
Read moreAfter a sold-out presentation in Jackson Hole, Wyoming last week in which Fiscal Commission co-chair Senator Alan Simpson detailed the Commission's $4...
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Understanding the Long Term Budget Projections
Read moreAs if we didn't have enough on CBO's Long Term Outlook last week, we have more long-term budget projections, this time in the form of CRFB's Realistic...
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Senate Armed Services Committee Report
Read moreAs our nation’s debt continues along its unsustainable path, it has become increasingly essential for a comprehensive fiscal plan that targets all...
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CBO Makes the Case for Strict Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) Rules
Read moreIn their recent Long Term Outlook, CBO shows the nation to be on an unsustainable fiscal path if we continue our current policies. Under its...
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Budget Path: How Feds Can Avert the Fiscal Crisis
Read moreThe Public Manager | June 24, 2011 In the wake of the recent financial meltdown from which we are still recovering, the United States faces the...
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The Economic Effects of High Debt
Read moreContinuing our analysis of CBO's Long-Term Outlook, we looked yesterday at the policy assumptions under CBO's two budget paths and at spending and...
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CBO's Elmendorf to Testify Before House Budget Committee at 10am Today
Read moreAt 10am today, CBO director Doug Elmendorf will testify before the House Budget Committee on CBO's latest Long-Term Budget Outlook, released yesterday...