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David M. Walker: Transforming Federal Financial Reporting and Auditing
Read moreDavid M. Walker, former Comptroller General of the United States from 1998 to 2008 and a member of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget...
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How Senator Ted Cruz Would Increase Defense Spending
Read moreLast week, Republican presidential candidate Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) released a new plan to Rebuild America’s Military through a number of specific...
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Judd Gregg: Lessons from a coming recession
Read moreJudd Gregg, a former Republican senator from New Hampshire, served as chairman of the Senate Budget Committee from 2005 to 2007 and ranking member...
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Pathway to a Responsible Federal Budget
Read moreToday, the independent Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) released a set of principles for the fiscal year 2017 budget resolution...
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Senator Ted Cruz's Tax Reform Plan
Read moreRepublican presidential candidate Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) has a “Simple Flat Tax Plan” that would dramatically overhaul and simplify the current tax...
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Would Sen. Sanders Increase the Government by 40%?
Read moreDuring the Democratic debate on February 11th, Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that Senator Bernie Sanders’s plans would increase the...
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Viewing the President's Budget Through a CBO Lens
Read moreThe President’s Budget relies on assumptions from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), but we estimate that when it is estimated by the...
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Would Reducing Fraud Make Social Security Solvent?
Read moreAt the 7th Republican presidential debate, Donald Trump stated that he would “save Social Security” by reducing its “tremendous waste, fraud, and...
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Adding Up Donald Trump's Campaign Proposals So Far
Read moreNOTE: This is an archive version of this analysis and contains out-of-date estimates. The most up-to-date analysis can be found here: https:/...
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CBO's Analysis of the Distribution of Taxes
Read moreIn an appearance on C-SPAN this morning, CRFB president Maya MacGuineas referenced a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis that shows that high...
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Why the President's Last Budget Will Matter
Read moreWith the release of the President's FY 2017 budget, it is common for reporters and observers to say that the budget is dead on arrival on Capitol Hill...