FY 2016 Budget
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Expectations Vs Reality For the FY 2016 Budget
With the first session of the the 114th Congress rapidly drawing to a close and the big budget issues being settled, we will take a look at how the...
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Omnibus Bill Falls Back on the Usual Budget Gimmicks
The negotiations that concluded this week produced two major pieces of legislation. The most consequential for the budget is the $680 billion package...
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Budget Deal Takes 20 Years to Offset Its Cost
The recently-enacted budget deal does not offset its ten-year cost like advocates have claimed, but what about the longer-term impact? The deal...
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Five Gimmicks Only Budget Wonks Get
The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, signed into law earlier this week, is fully offset over the next ten years, according to the scoring conventions of...
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A New War Spending Gimmick In The Budget Deal
The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 is now the law of the land. While the law does not necessarily prevent a government shutdown, it does raise the...
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Social Security Changes in the Budget Deal
The recently-introduced Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 tackles a laundry list of items that lawmakers needed to address over this Congress, including...
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Budget Deal Truly Offsets Only Half Its Cost
Lawmakers are currently considering a budget deal that would increase appropriated spending, suspend the debt limit until March 2017, reallocate...
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Washington Post Praises Rigell Sequester Plan
Over the weekend, the Washington Post editorial board wrote a piece praising the sequester plan that Rep. Scott Rigell (R-VA) released last week. The...
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Will Budget Negotiators Depend on OCO?
Recent press reports indicate that the ongoing budget negotiations between Congressional leaders and the White House may lean on the use of the...
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Senate Funding Bill Would Rely on OCO Gimmick
The Senate Appropriations Committee earlier this week posted a draft bill that would extend government funding until December 11 and avert a...
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Immigration Reform Drives Positive Economic Effects of the President's Budget
CBO released its estimate of the economic effects of the President's budget late last week, doing dynamic scoring for the President's budget. Like...
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Second Half of the Year Means Plenty of Fiscal Speed Bumps Ahead
As we move past the midpoint of 2015, several fiscal deadlines are fast approaching. Congress is preparing to act on two important Fiscal Speed Bumps...