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How Close Were Our Estimates of the President's Budget?
Read moreShortly after the President's budget was released, we suggested CBO might be somewhat more pessimistic in its debt projections than OMB. Specifically...
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CBO Releases Analysis of the President's Budget
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released its analysis of the President's FY 2015 budget, applying its own budget baseline and methodology to...
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CBO Projects Small Dip in Medicare Spending
Read moreOne of the notable changes in Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) latest budget baseline was a downward revision in projected Medicare spending from...
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Adding Realistic Assumptions to CBO's Baseline
Read moreCBO's most recent budget projections show debt on an unsustainable path – rising from a post-war record 73 percent of GDP today to 78 percent by 2024...
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CBO Continues to Show Unsustainable Debt Path
Read moreIn advance of the release of their analysis of the President's budget, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has updated their budget baseline for...
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Health Reform's Coverage Costs Decline by $104 Billion
Read moreThe budget estimates in the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO's) baseline released today may have looked largely the same as in February's report...
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“Long-Term SCORE Act” Introduced Today
Read moreCongressman Reid Ribble (R-WI) and Congressman Mark Pocan (D-WI) introduced the Long-Term Studies of Comprehensive Outcomes and Returns for the...
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Actually, The SGR Has Slowed Health Care Cost Growth
Read moreTo bolster their case against offsetting the high cost of SGR reform, many have claimed that the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) is “ budget...
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In Expressing Concerns over CBO's Role, Zachary Karabell Actually Makes a Strong Case For CBO's Role
Read moreIn a Washington Post article last weekend, Zachary Karabell takes issue with the importance placed on CBO scoring of legislation, arguing that the...
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CBO Continues to Say the Debt Will Be a Problem for Economic Growth
Read moreIn its February 2014 Budget and Economic Outlook, CBO continued its previous warnings from last year's February outlook and September's long-term...
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Why Did the Deficit Fall in 2014?
Read moreYesterday, the Congressional Budget Office released its annual report on the federal budget, which outlines their projections of all federal spending...