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Can Donald Trump Pay Off the National Debt in 8 Years?
Read moreIn a recent interview, presidential candidate Donald Trump said he would pay off the nation’s $19 trillion debt “over a period of eight years.”
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Katherine Gehl & Maya MacGuineas: Debt and deficits rising: Who has courage?
Read moreKatherine Gehl, former president & CEO of Gehl Foods, Inc., and a member of the CEO Fiscal Leadership Council of the Campaign to Fix the Debt, and...
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CBO's New One-Stop Shop for Federal Spending on Health Insurance Coverage
Read moreCBO's March baseline is typically a brief update of budget projections for the next decade, but this year CBO has provided a new comprehensive look at...
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Sanders's Paid Family Leave Plan, Explained
Read moreDemocratic Presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has a Family Values Agenda built upon current legislation that calls for mandatory...
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Breaking Down CBO's Analysis of the President's Budget
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its own estimate of the FY 2017 President's budget yesterday, a document that includes a 16-page report...
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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...