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Senate Finance Committee Hearing on Transportation Funding
Read moreThe Senate Finance Committee held a hearing May 6th titled, “ New Routes for Funding and Financing Highways and Transit.” During the hearing Senators... -
GAO's Long-Term Federal Budget Outlook Shows Grave Picture
Read moreThe Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released the spring update to its long-term federal budget simulation series. In their report, GAO... -
Actually, CBPP Says Don't Tune Out the Debt ... And They Are Right
Read moreToday, Wonkblog published a “ Know More” feature arguing that “You Should Tune Out Politicians Who Are Still Talking about Government Debt.” As... -
House Defense Budget Rejects Pentagon Suggestions
Read moreThe Pentagon's budget faces serious constraints this year as a result of budget caps agreed to last year and rising personnel, healthcare, and... -
How Much Difference Does Health Care Cost Growth Make to the Budget?
Read moreThe recent slowdown in federal health care spending has certainly been good news for the budget, knocking hundreds of billions of dollars off... -
President's Advisors Recommend Veto of Unoffset Tax Bill
Read moreThe White House issued a Statement of Administration Policy (SAP) yesterday in opposition to the extension and expansion of the Research &... -
The $900 Billion Slowdown in Federal Health Care Spending
Read moreWith April's updated projections from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), spending on major federal health care programs (Medicare, Medicaid, and... -
CBPP: Long-Term Budget Outlook Remains a Challenge
Read moreThe Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) released a new set of long-term debt projections today. They find that while the debt will remain... -
Chartbook: The Tax Extenders
Read moreAn annotated version of this chartbook is available at Want to Understand the Tax Extenders? Here's a Few Charts. Much more detail about the history... -
Want to Understand the Tax Extenders? Here's a Few Charts.
Read moreCongress is continuing to discuss this week the tax extenders, a set of tax breaks that expired at the end of last year which could have major fiscal... -
Major Budget Plans Deal With Extenders Responsibly
Read moreAs Congress considers how to address the “ tax extenders” that expired last year, it’s important to remember that many major proposals would allow... -
Administration Takes Up Transit Spending with the GROW AMERICA Act
Read moreThe Administration recently submitted a $302 billion, four-year transit proposal to Congress to address the chronic challenges facing surface...