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Analysis of CBO’s April 2018 Budget and Economic Outlook
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its ten-year budget and economic outlook today, showing that recent legislation has made an already...
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New From CBO: Trillion-Dollar Deficits Will Return In Two Years
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just released its latest baseline projections – the first since last June and the first to incorporate the...
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Baseline 101: Anticipating CBO's Updated Budget Outlook
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) will release its 2018 Budget and Economic Outlook on April 9, which is likely to project sustained trillion...
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Did the Last Farm Bill Really Save $100 Billion?
Read moreThe 2014 farm bill is set to expire on September 30, at which point lawmakers will need to renew and perhaps reform farm subsidy and nutrition...
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The Omnibus Spent More than Either Side Asked For
Read moreThe Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (BBA) increased this year's discretionary spending caps by a whopping $143 billion, paving the way for a 13 percent...
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Chartbook: America's Deteriorating Budget Outlook
Read moreAn updated version of this chartbook is available here Below is a chartbook on America's deteriorating budget outlook.
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House Budget Committee Concludes CBO Oversight Series
Read moreThe House Budget Committee held its final hearing in its series on oversight of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on March 14. Committee for a...
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Omnibus Spends $110 Billion Above New Budget Caps
Read moreLast week's omnibus spending bill enacted a 13 percent increase in base appropriations, spending virtually all of the additional $143 billion allowed...
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Pro-Growth Infrastructure Needs Concrete Pay-Fors
Read morePolicymakers in Washington have turned their attention to infrastructure, with members of both parties putting forward their own competing proposals...
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William Hoagland: Congress Faces Challenging Times for American Fiscal Responsibility
Read moreG. William Hoagland is Senior Vice President at the Bipartisan Policy Center and a member of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He...
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Appropriations Watch: FY 2018
Read moreCongress has completed action on omnibus appropriations legislation. The House and Senate passed the omnibus bill, and President Trump signed the...
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Rudolph Penner: Instead Of Seeking Budget Process Reforms, Congress Should Cut Spending And Raise Taxes
Read moreDr. Rudolph Penner was the director of the Congressional Budget Office from 1983 to 1987, and he is an Institute Fellow at the Urban Institute and a...