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CBO’s Analysis of the President’s FY 2017 Budget
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its estimate of the President’s FY 2017 budget, using its own economic and technical assumptions to...
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CBO Releases Its Own Take on the President's Budget
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) today released its analysis of the Fiscal Year 2017 President's budget, finding that under the President's...
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Provider Tax Limits Should Be On The Table for Medicaid Reform
Read moreRecently, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) criticized the House Energy & Commerce (E&C) Committee for proposing to limit abuse of...
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How The March Baseline Reiterates Our Distressing Fiscal Path
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) updated March baseline confirms the era of declining deficits is over. This year's deficit is expected to rise...
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CBO Updates The Baseline Ahead of President's Budget Estimate
Read moreIn advance of its scheduled release of an analysis of the President's budget, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has updated its budget projections...
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Congressional Progressive Caucus Releases Alternative to House Budget
Read moreThe Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) released their “ People’s Budget,” an alternative to the House budget released last week. The budget offers...
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How Much Will Government Spend Under the Next President?
Read moreOne interesting metric of any budget plan is how much it would increase or reduce federal spending. According to our latest estimates, all candidates...
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Republican Study Committee Publishes Alternative FY 2017 Budget
Read moreThe Republican Study Committee (RSC) has released an alternative to the House Republican budget that outlines their vision for the country’s fiscal...
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Could Ending Common Core Significantly Reduce Federal Spending?
Read moreDuring recent debates, several candidates have proposed to end Common Core.
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Maya MacGuineas: Donald Trump and Ted Cruz’s Magical Budget Math
Read moreMaya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt, wrote an op-ed that appeared in...
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House Budget Confirms It Takes $8 Trillion to Balance the Budget
Read moreThe Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 House budget resolution that advanced out of the House Budget Committee last week keeps up the recent tradition of targeting...
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Maya MacGuineas: How House Republicans Could Attract Bipartisan Support on Entitlement Savings
Read moreMaya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt, wrote a commentary that...