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Line Items: Wrapping Up Edition
Read moreThat’s a Wrap – The House wrapped up its work for 2013 last week, passing the budget agreement worked out by Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) and Rep. Paul... -
Setting the Record Straight on Social Security
Read moreRecently, many policymakers and commentators have called for expanding Social Security benefits rather than slowing the program’s costs, suggesting... -
An Irresponsible "Tax Extender" Package
Read moreSenate Democratic leadership is reportedly considering a last minute effort to extend 55 expiring tax provisions for another year, including a large... -
The Sequester’s Impact on Health Reform
Read moreThe Murray-Ryan budget deal would mitigate some of the 2014 and 2015 sequester, but it actually still leaves the sequester’s cuts to mandatory... -
CBO 95 Percent Confident Social Security Trust Fund Runs Out in 25 Years
Read moreCBO's Long-Term Budget Outlook contains significant amounts of helpful data on Social Security. However, a lot of the data focus on just the outlays... -
Op-Ed: Don't Be So Quick To Dismiss The Paul Ryan-Patty Murray Budget Deal
Read moreForbes | December 18, 2013 The Congressional Budget Conference Agreement is a paradox. On its face it is underwhelming. It ignores the pressing long... -
The FOMC Tapers, But That's Not All!
Read moreIn a move that has been discussed and anticipated for months, the Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee announced that it would slightly... -
The Final Four Is Here...For the SAVE Award
Read moreWhile the Final Four for the NCAA tournament is still almost four months away, another Final Four is taking place right now. Although it won't be held... -
William Hoagland: The Real Value of the Budget Deal
Read moreIt has been one week since Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) and Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) announced they had reached a bipartisan budget agreement, which is now... -
MY VIEW: Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson December 2013
Read moreThe budget agreement reached by the Senate and the House last week both has some good elements and bad elements. In particular, it replaces some of... -
Op-Ed: Budget Deal is Just a Start
Read moreLos Angeles Times | December 16, 2013 The budget agreement reached by the House and Senate this week is a small step forward in restoring some sanity... -
The Tax Break-Down: Charitable Deduction
Read moreThis is the fifteenth post in our blog series, The Tax Break-Down, which will analyze and review tax breaks under discussion as part of tax reform...