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Event: Scoring the 2016 Presidential Tax Plans
Read moreUpdate: The event is now over, and a recording of the video will be available soon. As a part of our Fiscal FactCheck project, CRFB is hosting an...
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Marc Goldwein: Candidates' Numbers Must Add Up
Read moreMarc Goldwein is the Senior Vice President and Senior Policy Director of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He wrote a guest post that...
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Medicare to Test New Payment Models for Outpatient Drugs
Read moreProgress on policies to slow the growth of health care spending is expected to be slow in an election year, but this week, the Center for Medicare and...
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Four Fiscal FactChecks from the Past Month
Read moreAs the 2016 Presidential primary season rolls on, CRFB continues to fact check the candidates on budget-related statements made during the campaign on...
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Could Negotiating Medicare Drug Prices Save $300 Billion Per Year?
Read moreOver the course of the Presidential campaign, Republican campaign Donald Trump has repeatedly called for having Medicare directly negotiate drug...
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Congress Can Pass Bills to Reduce the Deficit This Year
Read moreHouse Members appear to be resolving a disagreement over what this year’s discretionary spending cap should be. Some House Republicans have been...
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MY VIEW: Marc Goldwein: Candidates' budget plans don't add up
Read moreMarc Goldwein is the Senior Vice President and Senior Policy Director of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He gave an interview to the...
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Auerbach-Gale Analysis Agrees on the Worsening Fiscal Outlook
Read moreAlan Auerbach of the University of California-Berkeley and William Gale of the Tax Policy Center recently published a report, "Once More Unto the...
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Comparing the Major Republican Candidates on the Budget
Read moreIn preparation for upcoming Republican debates, we have put together a primer detailing the candidates’ positions on issues relating to the budget.
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Fact Sheet: How Much Can the Economy Grow?
Read moreSince faster economic growth would represent a boon for wages and the fiscal situation, a number of Presidential candidates have been promising or...
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Will Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and Interest Take up 83% of Spending in Five Years?
Read moreDuring the February 25 Republican presidential debate, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) said: I want to go back to this question you asked about the debt. This...