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Preview of the President's Budget
Read moreThe President has released a preview of the spending priorities in his FY17 budget, most of which are new although some were proposed in previous...
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Clinton's Taxes on the Wealthy, Explained
Read moreDemocratic presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has proposed several new taxes that would raise taxes on the wealthy...
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Analysis of the Sanders Single-Payer Offsets
Read moreDemocratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) released the outline of a plan to move to a single-payer health care system in the U.S...
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How Lawmakers Could Make the Budget Outlook Even Worse
Read moreCBO's summary of its budget outlook included a short summary of the long-term debt outlook, which showed debt rising continuously and eventually...
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How Much Would Sen. Bernie Sanders's Single-Payer Plan Cost?
Read moreDemocratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) recently released arguably his most ambitious policy proposal yet, to move to a single...
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Everything You Need to Know About CBO's January 2016 Budget and Economic Outlook
Read moreWe've published a new chartbook to illustrate the most important facts and figures from this week's report by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)...
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Sen. Lankford and Sen. Manchin Ask For Continued Reform on the SSDI Program
Read moreSenators James Lankford (R-OK) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) sent a letter Thursday to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Ranking...
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Report: Analysis of CBO’s January 2016 Budget and Economic Outlook
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its January Budget and Economic Outlook, today, adding more detail to a brief summary released on...
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Maya MacGuineas: What CBO’s Debt Projections Suggest About Congress and the Budget Process
Read moreMaya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, wrote a commentary that appeared in the Wall Street Journal Washington...
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Social Security, Medicare, & Interest Drive 3/4 of Spending Growth
Read moreThe deficit will grow from less than $550 billion in 2016 to $1.4 trillion in 2026, according to this week's report by the Congressional Budget Office...
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The Long-Term Debt Picture Looks Much Worse As Well
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) summary of their upcoming budget projections showed a much worse ten-year outlook for deficits and debt, so it...