FY 2014 Budget
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Spending Agreement "Splits the Difference" for 2014
On Tuesday, Sen. Patty Murray and Rep. Paul Ryan announced a budget deal that set discretionary spending levels for the next two years, removed some...
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WaPo: A Flawed Deal is Better Than No Deal
So far, reactions to the budget agreement have been mixed. As we said in our report yesterday, Understanding the Bipartisan Budget Act, the deal...
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Congress's Next Play: Don't Punt, Go For It!
We hope all of our readers enjoyed their Thanksgiving holiday. The long weekend brought some fantastic rivalry games, Michigan-Ohio State, Auburn...
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The King Plan: A Window Into a "Go Medium" Deal
In addition to CBO director Doug Elmendorf's testimony, yesterday's budget conference committee meeting produced another notable moment: a proposal...
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Replacing the Sequester With...More Sequester? No Deal
As the budget conference committee works to develop a plan to offset some of the sequester, they may be tempted to use budget gimmicks in place of...
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Round 2: The Conferees Convene
The second meeting of the budget conference committee will happen today at 10 AM Eastern time. The conferees do not have a lot of time, as their...
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The Senate Democrats' List of Tax Breaks to Axe
It has been one week since the budget conference committee's first meeting, and many are speculating that the committee could realistically come up...
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A Conference Committee Wishlist
With conference committee meetings underway, many are weighing in with their take on what should be accomplished. On Friday, Fareed Zakaria at CNN...
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Taking Another Look at the Fiscal Speed Bumps Ahead
With a deal on the appropriations bill last week, the government has been reopened and a default has been avoided. But the reality is that lawmakers...
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Where the Conference is Starting From
The first official meeting of the conference committee is expected to occur sometime next week, at which point the conferees will begin attempting to...
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The (Ongoing) Cost of the Government Shutdown
Now that the government shutdown and debt default threat are in the rearview mirror (for now), analysts have been taking time to survey the economic...
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Sequester Replacement Must be Fiscally Responsible
Recent reports have suggested the new budget conference committee may focus its attention of a deal to replace sequestration. A recent paper from the...