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The Latest on the Affordable Care Act
Read moreAlthough it may be difficult to get an updated comprehensive score of the Affordable Care Act from CBO, CBO has updated its estimate of the coverage...
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$2.2 Trillion is the New $2.4 Trillion
Read moreIn February, we wrote the paper " Our Debt Problems Are Far From Solved," laying out the case for putting debt on a clear downward path as a percent...
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Line Items: Sequester Gestures Edition
Read moreSide-Stepping Sequestration – It was as predictable as the Washington Capitals blowing a playoff series lead. Lawmakers are looking to carve out...
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CBO Updates Economic and Budget Outlook
Read moreToday, the Congressional Budget Office has released an update to its budget outlook from February. With little legislative changes since February, the...
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Budget Reforms Come to the Forefront in the House Budget Committee
Read moreLast week, the House Budget Committee released a package of budget process reforms consisting of seven different pieces of legislation. Four of these...
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CBO Releases Updated Estimate of Farm Bills
Read moreUpdate: This blog has been updated to include numbers from the CBO score of the House farm bill. As we have written previously, the American Taxpayer...
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MY VIEW: Ed Rendell
Read moreWith previously enacted deficit reduction and the economic recovery helping our short-term fiscal outlook, it may be tempting for lawmakers to put the...
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Op-Ed: Sequester Signals Need for Real Deficit Reduction
Read morePolitico | May 13, 2013 It seems the debt deniers are back. If recent news reports are any indication, there is a growing sentiment that after...
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Going Abroad: Senate Finance's International Tax Options Paper
Read moreConveniently, the same day that House Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committee chairs Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI) and Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) published a...
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Martin Neil Baily and Glenn Hubbard Make A Case for Chained CPI
Read moreTwo former Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors, Martin Neil Baily of the Clinton Administration and Glenn Hubbard of the Bush Administration...
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Op-Ed: A Bipartisan Case for Chained CPI
Read moreThe Hill | May 9, 2013 Over the last few days, politically driven critics have called on the president to abandon his support for changing the way the...