Domestic Spending
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Sequester Relief is Too Costly to Add to the Credit Card
Read moreDuring the busy end to the year, lawmakers enacted a continuing resolution (CR) to keep the government funded through January 19. When that CR ends...
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Budgeting for the Next Generation: A New Series on Children and the Federal Budget
Read moreThe federal budget is arguably the most comprehensive representation of the federal government’s priorities. Policymakers use the budget to determine...
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Discretionary Cap Deal Could Cost Over $100 Billion Per Year
Read moreLawmakers are reportedly considering a year-end deal to repeal the sequester and increase discretionary spending potentially as much as $230 billion...
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Policymakers Should Reform Student Loan Programs
Read moreLawmakers will need offsets to keep year-end legislation from substantially worsening the debt, and one area we've suggested in our Mini-Bargain and...
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A Mini-Bargain to Improve the Budget: An Update
Read moreNote: This paper is an update from our August 2017 piece “ A Mini-Bargain to Improve the Budget .” It adds a new section on how to pay for disaster...
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Senator Flake Releases "Wastebook: PORKémon Go" to Catch Federal Waste
Read moreHoping to “catch egregious spending lurking in federal budgets,” Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) released Wastebook: PORKémon Go yesterday, highlighting 50...
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CBO Releases 2016 Budget Options
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office released a report Options for Reducing the Deficit: 2017 to 2026, with 115 budget options that either increase...
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Governing through Leadership: Steps to Secure Our Fiscal Future
Read moreA Memorandum to President-Elect Donald J. Trump TO: President-Elect Donald J. Trump FROM: Governor Mitch Daniels, Secretary Leon Panetta, Congressman...
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Senator James Lankford Releases Second Federal Fumbles Report
Read moreSenator James Lankford (R-OK) today released his second annual report on the federal government’s wasteful spending, Federal Fumbles: 100 Ways the...
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A Lame Duck President in 2017?
Read moreby C. Eugene Steuerle, Maya MacGuineas, Tyler Evilsizer, and Caleb Quakenbush This report represents a joint project of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy...
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Analyzing Clinton's Health and Education Expansions
Read moreDemocratic presidential nominee and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently unveiled expansions of her proposals for higher education and...
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House Republicans Release Poverty Recommendations
Read moreThe House Republicans' Task Force on Poverty, Opportunity, and Upward Mobility released a report this week outlining recommendations for poverty...