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Ten Options to Secure the Highway Trust Fund
Read moreAccounting for the enactment of the bipartisan infrastructure law (formally, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act), we estimate the Highway...
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COMPETES Act is Missing a Score and Offsets
Read moreThe House of Representatives is set to vote on the America COMPETES Act of 2022 soon, which is its version of the Senate-passed United States...
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The Infrastructure Bill’s Impact on the Highway Trust Fund
Read moreIn addition to new investments in surface transportation, transit, broadband, energy, water, tax breaks, and other transportation spending, the...
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A Smaller Reconciliation Bill Should Retain Offsets
Read morePolicymakers are currently considering if and how to develop new legislation, in place of the House Build Back Better Act, under the reconciliation...
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New Report Shows Student Debt Cancellation is Regressive
Read moreRecently, Adam Looney, Executive Director of the Marriner S. Eccles Institute at the University of Utah and a Nonresident Senior Fellow in Economic...
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The Case for Restoring Discretionary Spending Caps
Read moreOn February 18, 2022, the current continuing resolution will expire, and legislation will be needed to continue funding the federal government...
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New COVID Wave Does Not Justify Further Borrowing
Read moreAs the Omicron variant of COVID-19 continues to spread through the United States, press reports suggest policymakers are considering additional COVID...
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CBO Scores the Build Back Better Act
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released cost estimates for every title of the House-passed Build Back Better Act (H.R. 5376). Without...
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CBO Analysis Highlights Risk of Arbitrary Expirations
Read moreThe House-passed Build Back Better Act incorporates numerous arbitrary sunsets in order to hold down its costs. Today, the Congressional Budget Office...
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CBO Estimates a Permanent Build Back Better
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) today released an estimate of how much it would cost to make most temporary provisions in the House-passed Build...
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Reducing Build Back Better Inflation Risk
Read moreAs we recently discussed, the House-passed Build Back Better Act is likely to be modestly inflationary over the next few years. Though we expect the...
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Does Build Back Better Cost $1.6 Trillion or $2.4 Trillion?
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently estimated that the House-passed Build Back Better Act will increase outlays by $1.64 trillion over ten...