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Washington Post on SSDI: An Opportunity for Bipartisan Compromise
Read moreThe Washington Post yesterday issued Congress "a wise prescription for Social Security Disability Insurance," urging lawmakers to use the program's...
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Becerra Introduces Bill to Combine Social Security Trust Funds
Read moreJust hours in advance of the release of Wednesday's 2015 Social Security Trustees' Report, Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Ways &...
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Gap Widens Between Trustees and CBO on Social Security
Read moreAlthough the Social Security Trustees estimate the program's financial outlook has slightly improved relative to last year, the Congressional Budget...
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CRFB Breaks Down the Social Security Trustees' Report
Read moreFollowing the release of the 2015 Social Security Trustees' report yesterday, CRFB has released a report summarizing the myriad statistics and...
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Medicare Trustees' Report Shows The Importance of Cost Control Vigilance
Read moreThere was plenty of focus on the Social Security Trustees' report yesterday, but the Medicare report, released at the same time, contains very...
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Report: Analysis of the 2015 Social Security Trustees' Report
Read moreToday, the Social Security and Medicare Trustees released their annual reports on the financial health of the programs. Although these projections...
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Senate Transportation Bill Finds Offsets for Three Years of Funding
Read moreThe Senate is discussing a bill that would reauthorize highway programs for six years and provide $47.6 billion of funding to cover the Highway Trust...
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Social Security Trustees Sound the Solvency Alarm
Read moreThe Social Security and Medicare Trustees have released their reports on the long-term finances of each program, showing those programs remain...
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Finance Committee Approves Extenders, Adds to Debt
Read moreThe Senate Finance Committee today approved a package of 50-plus tax breaks that expired last year known as "tax extenders." Unfortunately, they chose...
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Inversions Come Up As An Offset Possibility
Read moreThe House Budget Committee Democrats jumped into the transportation debate last week with a proposed surface transportation reauthorization that...
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Social Security Costs Keep Increasing Over the Long Term
Read moreCBO's Long-Term Budget Outlook, released last month, included updated projections for Social Security and Medicare, including individuals' expected...