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Reducing Drug Prices and the Tax Gap
Read moreAs lawmakers negotiate a possible reconciliation bill, they should look to offsets from the House-passed Build Back Better Act (BBB) to help fund new...
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Senate Retirement Bill Would Cost $84 Billion Without Gimmicks
Read moreThe Senate Finance Committee recently advanced the Enhancing American Retirement Now (EARN) Act, a bill designed to encourage private retirement...
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Recap: Maya MacGuineas Gives Senate Testimony on Saving Social Security
Read moreOn June 9, the Senate Budget Committee held a hearing on "Saving Social Security: Expanding Benefits and Demanding the Wealthy Pay Their Fair Share or...
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VA Bill Will Cost Hundreds of Billions of Dollars
Read moreThe Senate is expected to vote on the Honoring our PACT Act this week, which would add at least $277 billion to deficits through 2031 and would...
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Maya MacGuineas's Senate Testimony on Saving Social Security
Read moreOn June 9, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas will testify before the Senate Budget Committee on "Saving Social...
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Watch Live: Committee President Maya MacGuineas Testifies on Saving Social Security
Read moreOn June 9 at 11 am EDT, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas will testify before the Senate Budget Committee on saving...
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Can a Carbon Tax Fund Climate Investments?
Read moreThough the Senate will not consider the House-passed Build Back Better Act (BBB), there has been some discussion of reviving the legislation’s climate...
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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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New SALT Proposals Would Improve House Bill
Read moreSo far, nearly every proposal introduced or suggested to change the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap would be unnecessarily costly and...
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Two-Thirds of the “One Percent” Get a Tax Cut Under Build Back Better, Due to SALT Relief
Read moreLast month, we showed that the House-passed Build Back Better Act would cut taxes for roughly two-thirds of those earning more than $1 million per...
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Senate Should Make Build Back Better, Better
Read moreFor Immediate Release The Senate this month is planning to consider the $2.4 trillion Build Back Better Act, which passed the House of Representatives...
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"Revenue Neutral" SALT Cap Relief is Costly and Regressive
Read moreSeveral senators are apparently pursuing " revenue neutral" state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap relief, meaning the cost of increasing the SALT...