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The Tricks and Treats in the Budget Deal
Read moreWith the Senate passing the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 in the wee hours of the morning the bill now heads to the President's desk for signature...
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Can You Make a Dent in the Fiscal Gap by Taxing the Top 1%?
Read moreRepublican candidate Ben Carson claimed during the debate, "You can take everything from the top 1% and you apply it to our fiscal gap, and you won't...
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Fiscal FactCheck: Third Republican Debate
Read moreThis blog is part of the “ Fiscal FactCheck” series designated to examine the accuracy of budget-related statements made during the 2016 presidential...
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Social Security Changes in the Budget Deal
Read moreThe recently-introduced Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 tackles a laundry list of items that lawmakers needed to address over this Congress, including...
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Do Tax Loopholes Cost American Taxpayers $1.4 Trillion a Year?
Read moreIn the undercard debate, Former Gov. George Pataki (R-NY) said tax loopholes “cost American taxpayers $1.4 trillion a year.” Pataki is referring to...
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Does the Average Worker Pay $100,000 in Medicare Taxes and Receive $350,000 in Benefits?
Read moreSen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said during the debate that the average worker will pay $100,000 in Medicare taxes and receive $350,000 in benefits. According...
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Does the Budget Deal Allow Obama To Borrow Unlimited Amounts?
Read moreIn the Republican debate, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said the recent budget deal “allows President Obama to borrow unlimited amounts of money.” Paul is...
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Does the Budget Deal Take $150 Billion From Social Security and Spend It Elsewhere?
Read moreIn discussing the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 – the budget deal that is working its way through Congress – former Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) said...
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Launching Fiscal FactCheck & Live-Tweeting the #CNBCGOPDebate
Read moreWe are pleased to launch the Fiscal FactCheck series, a project of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. Beginning during tonight’s...
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Would a 3-Year Spending Freeze Balance the Budget?
Read moreRepublican Presidential candidate Ben Carson has frequently talked about constraining the growing national debt, and this summer said that "you could...
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Budget Deal Truly Offsets Only Half Its Cost
Read moreLawmakers are currently considering a budget deal that would increase appropriated spending, suspend the debt limit until March 2017, reallocate...
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Bush Proposes Social Security and Medicare Reform Plan
Read moreThis blog is part of a series of " Policy Explainers" for the 2016 presidential election, where we explain some of the candidates' policy proposals...