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CBO Takes a Look at the Pell Grant Program
Read moreToday, the Congressional Budget Office released a new report on Pell Grants which details the program and recent changes made to it, shows options to...
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Returning to the Coburn-Lieberman Medicare Plan
Read moreToday, Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) and former Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT) sent a letter to House Ways and Means Chairman David Camp (R-MI) that...
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The Potential Budgetary Effect of Military Action in Syria
Read moreOver the weekend, President Obama made his widely anticipated remarks on the conflict of Syria, making his case for taking military action against the...
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$518 Billion? Inside the White House/Senate Negotiation's Math
Read moreAlthough Congress itself had been out of session prior to this week, some news last week came as the latest talks between the White House and a small...
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President Proposes 1% Pay Increase for Federal Workers
Read moreLast Friday, President Obama sent a letter to Congress calling for a 1 percent pay raise for federal civilian workers next year. The White House...
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The Tax Break-Down: Section 199, the Domestic Production Activities Deduction
Read moreThis is the fifth post in our blog series, The Tax Break-Down, which will analyze and review tax breaks under discussion as part of tax reform. Last...
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Leon Panetta: Sequestration Creating Self-Inflicted Wounds
Read moreIn today's Washington Post, former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta criticizes the limited effort so far in replacing sequestration. Panetta...
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September 18 Event: "Defining Moments in Debt"
Read moreWith Congress returning to DC, eyes are turning towards the fiscal speed bumps that they will face in the fall: funding the government, raising the...
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Two Views on the Debt Ceiling
Read moreIt's September and that means we've entered the final month of the FY 2013 continuing resolution. While the threat of a possible government shutdown...
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Carter and Weinstein: Look Beyond Ten Years
Read moreIn an op-ed in POLITICO, former Senate Budget Committee staffer James Carter and Fiscal Commission adviser Paul Weinstein advised lawmakers to look...
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Making Disability Insurance Work Better
Read moreNaturally, lawmakers are diverting their attention to resolving sequestration, the debt ceiling, and the expiring continuing resolution, but another...
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The Health Exclusion and Employer-Based Insurance
Read moreLast week, the Kaiser Family Foundation released its annual survey on health costs, prompting a wide range of reactions from " Health Care Costs Rise...