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ARCHIVE #2: How Long Before Cancelled Student Debt Would Return?
Read moreNote: This analysis has been updated from the original version to reflect new estimates of how long it would take for the amount of student debt owed...
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Six Ways to Fight Inflation
Read morePersonal Consumption Expenditure (PCE) inflation rose by 6.3 percent over the past year and 0.6 percent last month according to new data from the...
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Reducing Drug Prices and the Tax Gap
Read moreAs lawmakers negotiate a possible reconciliation bill, they should look to offsets from the House-passed Build Back Better Act (BBB) to help fund new...
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Appropriations 101
Read moreThis paper has been updated here. What are appropriations? How does Congress determine the total level of appropriations? How does Congress allocate...
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Appropriations Watch: FY 2022
Read moreUpdated 7/5/22: For news on the appropriations process for the upcoming fiscal year, please see Appropriations Watch: FY 2023. The Senate passed a...
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Fight Inflation by Lowering Deficits, Not Boosting Them
Read moreYesterday, President Biden told reporters the Administration was nearing decisions on whether to cancel student debt by executive order and whether to...
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VA Bill Will Cost Hundreds of Billions of Dollars
Read moreThe Senate is expected to vote on the Honoring our PACT Act this week, which would add at least $277 billion to deficits through 2031 and would...
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Veterans Bill Needs Offsets
Read moreThe Senate is set to vote on the Honoring our PACT Act of 2021, which provides health and disability to veterans who may have been exposed to toxic...
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Rumored Student Loan Cancellation Would Cost $230 Billion
Read morePress reports indicate that President Biden could soon announce a plan to cancel at least $10,000 in debt for the vast majority of student loan...
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Debt Cancellation Is Costly, Regressive, and Inflationary
Read moreAccording to press reports, President Biden is seriously considering cancelling a large swath of student debt – perhaps more than the $10,000 per...
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More Information Is Needed Before Student Loan Changes Take Effect
Read moreThe Department of Education yesterday announced several changes to the student loan program, including a one-time policy to retroactively count any...
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Can a Carbon Tax Fund Climate Investments?
Read moreThough the Senate will not consider the House-passed Build Back Better Act (BBB), there has been some discussion of reviving the legislation’s climate...