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CRFB Breaks Down the Newest CBO Budget Projections
CRFB has released its analysis of CBO's latest ten-year budget projections, detailing the important facts from the report and how it has changed from...
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Event Recap: McCrery-Pomeroy SSDI Solutions Conference
On Tuesday, August 4, 2015, the McCrery-Pomeroy SSDI Solutions Initiative hosted its SSDI Solutions Conference, presenting the 12 papers commissioned...
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A Preview of the Potentially High-Stakes Fall
Lawmakers have dealt with several Fiscal Speed Bumps – budgetary deadlines – throughout the year, but quite a few will appear over the next few months...
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8 Myths on Social Security's 80th Birthday
Today marks Social Security's 80th birthday, celebrating the anniversary of the establishment of the old-age portion of the program in the Social...
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CRFB and FTD Publish 16 Budget Myths to Watch Out For in the 2016 Campaign
The next President will need to confront a number of budgetary challenges and will likely sign into law many federal tax and spending changes. But...
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Watch the McCrery-Pomeroy SSDI Solutions Conference
The McCrery-Pomeroy SSDI Solutions Initiative is holding its SSDI Solutions Conference today from 8:45 AM to 5 PM. The conference features opening...
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CRFB Announces New Co-Chairs
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget has named three of the nation's foremost budget experts as its new co-chairs: Mitch Daniels, Leon...
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Looking at the Long Term in 2015
CBO's Long-Term Budget Outlook, released yesterday, is a detailed 130-page document, filled with budget projections for the next 25 years, along with...
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Four Gimmicks to Watch Out For
As Congress begins the appropriations process, maneuvers through this year’s Fiscal Speed Bumps, and looks to pay for the costs of new legislation...
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CRFB's Plan to Repair the Highway Trust Fund
With the deadline for extending the surface transportation authorization just a few weeks away and Highway Trust Fund (HTF) bankruptcy approaching...
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164 Ways to Reduce the Deficit
CRFB has released a new compendium of over 150 options to reduce mandatory spending and raise revenue. Despite declining in deficits in recent years...
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Update: Fiscal Speed Bumps
Congress sped through this year's second and third " Fiscal Speed Bumps" in March, ignoring the return of the statutory debt limit (though the hard...