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SSDI Solutions Initiative Releases SSDI Primer
Read moreIn advance of the August 4th SSDI Solutions Conference, the McCrery-Pomeroy SSDI Solutions Initiative has released a short primer to kick off its new...
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Defunding Health Care Innovation Jeopardizes the Budget
Read moreIn a move that could stall promising health care delivery system reforms and drive up entitlement spending, the House Appropriations Committee last...
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One Month to Go for Highway Funding
Read moreIn a newly released ticker, the Department of Transportation has shown that there is one month left for lawmakers to decide on funding for the Highway...
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Senate Budget Committee Reports Crime Victims Fund Legislation
Read moreLast week, the Senate Budget Committee passed a bill to limit the use of the Crime Victims Fund (CVF) as a back-door method to increase appropriations...
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How Uncertain Are CBO's Long-Term Projections?
Read moreAny budget projections, including CBO's long-term outlook, are inherently uncertain, and it is important to understand how projections might change...
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CBO's Outlook for Long-Term Health Care Spending
Read moreHealth care spending is arguably the most important part of CBO's long-term outlook, being a key driver of our nation's growing debt over the long...
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Samuelson to Lawmakers: Spread the Pain
Read moreAs Washington digests this year’s CBO Long Term-Budget Outlook, Robert J. Samuelson of The Washington Post offered up his criticism of the country’s...
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8 Great Ways To Grapple With Gimmicks
Read moreIn recent years, lawmakers have frequently used budget gimmicks to get around rules designed to maintain budgetary discipline -- if they pay attention...
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The Better Budget Process Initiative: Strengthening Statutory Budget Enforcement
Read moreFor additional budget process resources including specific options for reform, visit our Better Budget Process Initiative home page.
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Waiting To Reduce Debt Makes It More Difficult
Read moreIn their recently released long-term outlook, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) laid out multiple scenarios for addressing our unsustainable long...
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Senate Budget Committee Hearing on CBO Long-Term Fiscal Outlook
Read moreLast week, CBO Director Keith Hall testified before the Senate Budget Committee on the release of CBO’s Long-Term Budget Outlook. Senators questioned...
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ACA Repeal Could Add $5 Trillion to the Debt Within 20 Years
Read moreMuch of the focus on the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) score for repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) naturally has focused on the ten-year...