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Watch: Disability Policy for the 21st Century
Read moreThe McCrery-Pomeroy SSDI Solutions Initiative recently hosted a breakfast and panel discussion on Disability Policy for the 21st Century. A video of...
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House Immigration Bill Should Be Offset
Read moreThe House is poised to vote on the American Dream and Promise Act ( HR 6) that would allow certain immigrants to obtain Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR...
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Judd Gregg: And the threat is...
Read moreJ udd Gregg, a former Republican senator from New Hampshire, served as chairman of the Senate Budget Committee from 2005 to 2007 and ranking member...
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Senate HELP Committee Releases Discussion Draft to Reduce Health Care Costs
Read moreThe leaders of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee recently released the Lower Health Care Costs Act, a discussion...
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Disaster Bill Should Be Paid For
Read moreThe Senate has passed, and the House of Representatives will soon consider, an emergency spending bill for disaster relief. The following is a...
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Lawmakers Should Offset Latest Disaster Relief Package
Read moreYesterday, the Senate voted to appropriate an additional $19 billion in disaster relief to aid the damage caused by wildfires, hurricanes, and storms...
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Representative Blumenauer Introduces Bill to Shore Up the Highway Trust Fund
Read moreRepresentative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) has introduced the Rebuild America Act, which would raise the excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel five...
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Deficit-Financed Infrastructure Spending Could Harm Economy
Read moreFor Immediate Release President Trump and Congressional Democrats are meeting this week to discuss how to pay for as much as $2 trillion of new...
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Maya MacGuineas: Federal Disaster Funding Doesn't Have To Be An Emergency
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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Hearing Recap: Fixing a Broken Budget and Spending Process – Perspectives of Two Former Chairmen
Read moreThe Senate Budget Committee began a series of hearings on reforming the budget process on May 15. The first hearing, “ Fixing a Broken Budget and...
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Gimmick Alert: Congress Considering Increasing Spending Through Harbor Maintenance Maneuver
Read moreHaving already used the war spending designation and fake mandatory savings to get around discretionary spending caps, lawmakers are turning to...
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Options to Offset An Infrastructure Package
Read moreA meeting between Democratic Congressional leaders and President Trump a few weeks ago raised the possibility of an infrastructure package. The...