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How a Fed Rate Increase Could Affect the Budget
Read moreToday, the Federal Open Market Committee, the Fed's interest rate setting and deliberative body that meets eight times a year, could announce that...
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Update: What Will Happen If the Government Shuts Down?
Read moreHere we go again, again. With government funding set to expire at the end of the week and no deal on the table, it is possible that the government...
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Update: Why Our Debt Is Still a Problem Even if Deficits Fall
Read moreSeptember 30th marked the end of the Fiscal Year, and the final numbers are in. The deficit for last year was $439 billion, according to the final...
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What Will Happen If the Government Shuts Down?
Read moreHere we go again. With government funding set to expire in one week and no clear plan appearing yet, it is possible that the government will shut down...
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How to Get This Year's Budget Process Back on Track
Read moreOn October 1, lawmakers will have to pass new appropriations or a continuing resolution, or the government will shut down for the second time in two...
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CRFB Breaks Down the Newest CBO Budget Projections
Read moreCRFB 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
Read moreOn 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
Read moreLawmakers 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
Read moreToday 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
Read moreThe 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
Read moreThe 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
Read moreThe Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget has named three of the nation's foremost budget experts as its new co-chairs: Mitch Daniels, Leon...