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House SGR Bill Increases Long-Term Deficits
Read moreWhile the relevant congressional committees recently reached agreement on a bipartisan plan to replace the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula with... -
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OMB Releases Long-Term Projections for the FY2015 Budget Proposal
Read moreOMB just published additional information, explanations, tables, and projections related to this year's budget -- known as the Analytical Perspectives... -
EITC Attracts Bipartisan Praise and Proposals
Read moreThe Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), which provides low-income taxpayers with a refundable tax credit that increases up to a certain point along with... -
Gene Steuerle: A Camp-ground for Tax Reformers
Read moreGene Steuerle, Richard B. Fisher chair and Institute Fellow at the Urban Institute, wrote a post on the Tax Policy Center's blog, TaxVox . It is... -
How Low Could Debt Go?
Read moreWe talked last week about several policies making their first appearance in the President's budget. What we didn't mention is that in addition to... -
Everything You Need to Know About the President's Budget, In 9 Charts
Read moreOn Tuesday, the President released his annual budget proposal, which details his priorities for FY 2015 as well as the coming decade. We published a... -
How the President's Budget Deals with the Sequester
Read moreOn Tuesday, the President released his budget, detailing his priorities for the upcoming year and beyond. Facing declining federal investment, the... -
In Expressing Concerns over CBO's Role, Zachary Karabell Actually Makes a Strong Case For CBO's Role
Read moreIn a Washington Post article last weekend, Zachary Karabell takes issue with the importance placed on CBO scoring of legislation, arguing that the... -
What's New in the President's Budget?
Read moreWith the release of the FY 2015 President's budget, the Obama Administration has now presented six annual budget plans (and an additional proposal to... -
Chartbook: The President's FY 2015 Budget
Read moreA blog post containing more detailed descriptions of many of these charts is available at Everything You Need to Know About the President's Budget, In... -
Line Items: After the Party Edition
Read moreStumbling Back Home – Budget Day and Fat Tuesday collided this week as the White House unveiled its $3.9 trillion Fiscal Year 2015 budget request on...