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How Might CBO Estimate the President's Budget?
Read moreWhen the President released his budget in May, the Administration estimated it would reach balance after a decade and reduce the debt-to-GDP ratio...
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How Committees Could Meet Reconciliation Instructions for Mandatory Savings
Read more(Update 7/20/2017): The House Budget Committe has since released its FY 2018 budget resolution and reconciliation instructions. You can read an...
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The Budget Resolution Should Reduce, Not Increase, the National Debt
Read moreFor Immediate Release The House Budget Committee is currently working on a fiscal year 2018 Congressional budget resolution. While the budget will...
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Judd Gregg: The Fed Leaps into the Unknown
Read moreThe Trump administration does not seem to consider the deficit or the federal debt to be much of a concern.
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4 Ideas That Should Be Considered For Any Health Reform Package
Read moreIt is unclear whether the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) – the Senate GOP's proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA or...
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Did the Trade Deficit Cause $20 Trillion in Debt?
Read moreIn a meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, President Trump suggested that the national debt is caused by years of trade deficits. However...
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Long-Term Estimate: Senate Health Care Bill Could Save $2.1 Trillion Over 20 Years
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that the Senate health care bill, the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA), would save $321 billion...
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Marc Goldwein: 'Big 3' Burden: Entitlement Costs Simply Untenable
Read moreMarc Goldwein is the senior vice president and senior policy director of the Commitee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He recently wrote an opinion...
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Is There a Medicaid Spending Increase Under the Senate Health Bill?
Read morePresident Donald Trump recently claimed on Twitter that Medicaid spending will go up under the Senate's Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA). It is...
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Analysis of CBO’s Updated Budget and Economic Outlook (June 2017)
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released updated budget and economic projections today, continuing to show an unsustainable picture of debt over...
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Highlights from CBO's June Baseline Update
Read moreToday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released updated ten-year budgetary baseline and economic projections. Like its previous projection in...
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Rudolph Penner: The Attacks On The Congressional Budget Office Are Wrong
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...