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The Road to Sustainable Highway Spending
Read moreThe current legislation authorizing highway and mass transit spending is scheduled to expire at the end of May, and only a few months later the...
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164 Ways to Reduce the Deficit
Read moreCRFB has released a new compendium of over 150 options to reduce mandatory spending and raise revenue. Despite declining in deficits in recent years...
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McCain Publishes "America's Most Wasted"
Read moreIn an homage to former Senator Tom Coburn's (R-OK) commitment to bringing attention to wasteful programs through his annual Wastebook and similar to...
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Budget Process in the FY 2016 Congressional Budget Resolution
Read moreDuring the consideration of the FY 2016 budget, we continually wrote about the budget process provisions in the major budget resolutions as well as...
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Updated Appropriations 101
Read moreNote: This paper has been updated here. What are appropriations? Appropriations are annual decisions made by Congress about how the federal government...
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The Basics of the Budget Conference Agreement
Read moreYesterday, we discussed The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the Budget Conference, where we showed how the budget conference agreement was a mixed bag...
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Van Hollen and Mulvaney Stand Up on OCO
Read moreOne of the most troubling elements of the budget conference agreement was the use of the Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) account as a slush fund...
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Let the Cadillac Tax Drive...Down Deficits and Health Care Spending
Read moreA group of House Democrats introduced a bill yesterday to repeal the tax on high-cost health insurance plans, commonly known as the "Cadillac tax,"...
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The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the Budget Conference
Read moreWith the budget conference complete, it is now up to each chamber of Congress to pass the FY 2016 concurrent budget resolution. We've already written...
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$180 Billion Added to the Debt This Congress - How Deep Will Congress Dig?
Read moreOur partners at Fix the Debt released a graphic yesterday highlighting the fiscal irresponsibility of the 114th Congress in the few months it has been...