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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...
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Maya MacGuineas: Trump is Wrong on US Tax Ranking, But We Still Need Tax Reform
Read moreMaya MacGuineas is president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently...
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CBO Scores the Senate Health Care Bill
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just released its score of the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 (BCRA). This is the Senate's version of...
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Do Temporary Tax Cuts Only Have A Small Impact on Growth?
Read moreWhile promoting tax reform, House Speaker Paul Ryan stated Tuesday that temporary tax cuts do not produce a large boost to economic growth: These...
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Long-Term Budget Should Be Used to Strengthen Fiscal Responsibility, Not Avoid It
Read moreFor Immediate Release A number of policymakers are advocating the use of a 20-year budget window, rather than the more traditional ten-year window...
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Quick Take: The Major Changes in the Senate's AHCA
Read moreSenate Republicans released their draft version of the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 this morning. This is the Senate version of the American...
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Build a Responsible Federal Budget With Our New Debt Fixer Tool
Read moreNow that President Trump has unveiled his full budget proposal and Congress is working on its own budget resolution, CRFB is launching a new tool that...