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Deficit Reduction Through Reconciliation Would Be Great News
Read morePolicymakers are apparently considering developing a new reconciliation package that would focus in part on deficit reduction. The following is a...
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Heritage Foundation Releases 2022 Budget Blueprint
Read moreThe Heritage Foundation recently released their 2022 Budget Blueprint, a list of over 200 specific policy proposals that would “roll back excessive...
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Chartbook: Build Back Better for Less
Read morePolicymakers are apparently now targeting $1.5 trillion to $2.3 trillion of gross spending increases and tax cuts for their Build Back Better...
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Former IRS Commissioner Urges Congress to Expand Information Banks Report to the IRS
Read moreFormer Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles O. Rossotti, who served under Presidents Clinton and Bush, recently published an op-ed in...
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Health Savings Can Help Pay for Reconciliation
Read morePolicymakers are continuing to negotiate the "Build Back Better Act" reconciliation package and the overall size and scope of both the tax and...
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Former Budget Committee Director Warns Against Budgetary Gimmicks
Read moreFormer Democratic House Budget Committee staff director Tom Kahn recently penned an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal in which he commended Congress...
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Republican and Democratic Presidents Support Reducing the Tax Gap
Read moreOne of the most fair and efficient ways for policymakers to raise revenue would be to close some portion of the “tax gap," or the difference between...
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There Are Plenty of Offsets for Infrastructure Package
Read moreA bipartisan group of senators has apparently reached agreement on a plan with $579 billion of new infrastructure spending. Meanwhile, President Joe...
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Options to Pay For the American Jobs Plan
Read morePresident Biden's American Jobs Plan would cost about $2.65 trillion over the next decade. By our estimates – and before considering pay-fors – this...
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Maya MacGuineas: There's a blatantly obvious way for the US to fight climate change and pay for new infrastructure
Read moreMaya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently wrote an opinion...
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Biden Campaign Plan Offers Menu of Offsets
Read moreWith Democratic majorities in the House and Senate, President Joe Biden has taken office with a real opportunity to advance new spending and tax...
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Opportunities for Bipartisanship in a Divided Government
Read moreIn 2021, the United States is likely to operate with divided or near-divided government. Democrats are slated to control the White House and the House...