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Newest President's Budget Estimate Shows Stable Debt
Read moreThe Office of Management and Budget (OMB) today released the FY 2016 Mid-Session Review (MSR), which updates the President's budget for new data and...
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Ways & Means Starts the Conversation on Reforming SSDI
Read moreThe House Ways & Means Committee held a hearing last week to investigate possible changes to the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program...
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Senate Holds Hearing on Understanding America's Long-Term Fiscal Picture
Read moreCongressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Keith Hall testified Thursday before the Senate Homeland Security & Government Affairs Committee in a...
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SSDI Solutions Initiative Publishes Issue Brief on Determination & Appeals Process
Read moreThe McCrery-Pomeroy SSDI Solutions Initiative has published a second brief in its issue brief series on the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI...
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Appropriations Watch: FY 2016
Read moreNote: For the latest fiscal year, click here . Last updated 12/9/15. Lawmakers passed a continuing resolution funding the government through December...
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Dynamic Infrastructure Estimate Gives Lawmakers Food for Thought
Read moreThree weeks from the deadline to deal with highway funding, a new report commissioned by the McGraw Hill Financial Global Institute gives Congress...
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Greece is Rather Unique
Read moreThe Greek saga took another turn last week as the second bailout from the Eurozone countries approved in 2012 expired on June 30, leading to Greece...
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Peter G. Peterson: America can't afford Greek complacency
Read morePeter G. Peterson is the founder of the Pete G. Peterson Foundation and is a member of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He wrote a...
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Finance Committee Provides Its Framework for International Tax Reform
Read moreThe Senate Finance Committee has been working all year in five bipartisan working groups on tax reform, and today they have reports to show for it. Of...
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IMF: Fiscal Reform Boosts Economic Growth
Read moreThe IMF has released new research showing that fiscal reforms enhance economic growth. These findings are broadly consistent with other analysis of...
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Sources of Spending Growth in the Long Term
Read moreOver the past few weeks, we have been posting in-depth analysis of the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) Long-Term Outlook. In its supplemental data...
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Changes Make Cures Bill More Responsible
Read moreTo ameliorate some concerns with the original bill, a revised version of H.R. 6, or the 21st Century Cures Act, was recently released, aiming to...