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Comparing Health Care Reform Bills (Updated Charts and Interactive Graphs)
Read moreCRFB has yet again updated its health care comparison chart -- as well as its interactive shareable graphs -- in light of CBO's latest score of the...
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Preliminary Estimate of Reconciliation Act from CBO
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the JCT have completed a preliminary estimate of the "spending and revenue effects of an amendment in the...
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Vote-a-Rama: Stay Tuned for Drama
Read moreFor the United States Senate, which likes to be referred to as the "Upper Chamber," the term "vote-a-rama" does not sound too dignified. But the term...
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Health Bill Increases Discretionary Spending by At Least $65-$75 billion
Read moreWhen we have discussed health care reform, in the past, we have charted and graphed the effects of the bills on direct spending (general mandatory...
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House Spenders Question Administration Troika on Deficits, Fiscal Commission, and Job Growth
Read moreIn today’s hearing before the full House Appropriations Committee, the troika (OMB Director Peter Orszag, Treasury Secretary Geithner, and Dr...
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‘Line’ Items: Health Care Moves, Budget Doesn’t
Read moreHealth Care Reform Moves Toward Showdown – The House Budget Committee today voted to push health care legislation forward. It now moves to the House...
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CBO/JCT Reports Roundup
Read moreA number of very interesting and relevant government reports came out this week. Check them out: JCT: Technical Explanation Of The Revenue Provisions...
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Mankiw's Problem with Deficit Neutrality
Read moreFrom Greg Mankiw: Imagine you have a friend who has a budget problem. Every month he spends more than he earns. His credit card bills are piling up...
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Weekend Editorial Roundup
Read moreHere are the highlights from this weekend’s editorials on fiscal and budget policy: The New York Times called on Congress to do more to create jobs...
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‘Line’ Items: Oscars Edition
Read moreTemporary Tax Extensions Avoid “The Hurt Locker” – The Senate passed H.R. 4691, a 30-day extension of several expired tax breaks and unemployment and...
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No Gimmicks? Really?
Read moreIn a blog yesterday and op-ed today, OMB Director Peter Orszag defended the President's health care plan as reducing "deficits by roughly $100 billion...
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Health Reform by Reconciliation: Maligned, Misunderstood, but Misused Is Up for Debate
Read moreUnable to pass health care reform using “regular order,” Congressional Democrats now are turning to much-misunderstood process known as “budget...