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‘Line’ Items: Opening Day Edition
Read moreIf they Don’t Win It’s the Same – Opening Day presaged much of the same for Washington as the home team was clobbered. The White House hopes that the...
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Revenues and Outlays under the President's Budget
Read moreCRFB has talked a lot about deficit and debt projections over the coming decade, and beyond. CBO's analysis of the President's FY 2011 budget shows us...
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‘Line’ Items: Hoops, Blossoms and Canaries
Read moreHealth Care Makes it Through the Final Hoops – Congress completed work last week on the reconciliation package, which included fixes to the health...
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CBO/JCT Reports Roundup
Read moreA number of very interesting and relevant government reports came out this week. Check them out: CBO: Costs and Policy Options for Federal Student...
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CBO's Analysis of the President's FY2011 Budget
Read moreIn its Analysis of the President's Budget, CBO estimates that the FY 2011 budget proposals would cause public debt levels to rise to 90 percent of GDP...
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The Costs of Current Policies
Read moreThis morning, we released our review of CBO's Analysis of the President's Budget, which discusses the budget implications of the President's FY 2011...
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Time to Get Started: Final Three Appointees to the Fiscal Commission and Executive Director Named
Read moreToday Speaker Nancy Pelosi appointed the final three members to National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform: Rep. John Spratt (D-S.C.)...
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Gimmick, Responsible Budgeting, or Something in Between?
Read moreThere has been a great deal of discussion about certain parts of the health care bill and whether or not they constitute budget gimmickry (see here...
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‘Line’ Items: March Madness Edition
Read moreThe madness tipped off last week – Across the country curious spectators kept constant tabs on the latest action, scores were breathlessly awaited...
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Comparing Health Care Reform Bills (Updated Charts and Interactive Graphs)
Read moreCRFB has yet again updated its health care comparison chart -- as well as its interactive shareable graphs -- in light of CBO's latest score of the...
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Preliminary Estimate of Reconciliation Act from CBO
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the JCT have completed a preliminary estimate of the "spending and revenue effects of an amendment in the...
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Health Bill Increases Discretionary Spending by At Least $65-$75 billion
Read moreWhen we have discussed health care reform, in the past, we have charted and graphed the effects of the bills on direct spending (general mandatory...