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OMB Confirms There Will be a Second Sequester
Read moreLate last week, David Rogers of Politico reported that there will indeed be a "second sequester," or a $1 billion scorekeeping adjustment due to OMB's...
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Camp and Baucus: Tax Reform is Alive and Well
Read moreGetting Congress to take on tax reform will be difficult, but the two lawmakers in charge of the tax-writing committees seem to be committed to...
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Gregg: Reform Medicare with a Value-Based Withhold
Read moreIn an op-ed in The Hill, former Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH) makes the case for one approach towards reforming Medicare which he believes could bring...
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Ten Things to Look for in the President's Budget
Read moreIt's President's Budget week! On Wednesday, President Obama will release his FY 2014 budget, illustrating another possible path in addition to the...
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At Halftime, FY 2013 Leads FY 2012 $601 Billion to $779 Billion
Read moreCBO's latest Monthly Budget Review (MBR) for March means that we now have budget data for the first six months of FY 2013. The six-month deficit...
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Support Grows for Medicare Cost-Sharing Reforms
Read moreOver the last week, we’ve highlighted two potential area of common ground on Medicare reform: cost-sharing reforms and raising the Medicare age with a...
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What Will Likely Be In The President's Budget
Read moreThe FY 2014 President's Budget will not be released until next Wednesday, April 10th, but already some details about what will be in the budget have...
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Is a Buy-In the Bipartisan Answer to Raising the Medicare Age?
Read moreLast week we discussed the potential for bipartisan agreement on Medicare cost-sharing reforms, and today Politico reports on another area of...
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Op-Ed: The Tax Code Is A Hopeless, Complex, Economy-Suffocating Mess
Read moreBrookings | April 4, 2013 Throughout our population, experts and non-experts alike, the verdict is nearly unanimous. The U.S. tax code is a hopelessly...
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Biennial Budgeting Picks Up Steam in Congress
Read moreAs reported in The Hill over the weekend, a proposed change to the United States’ yearly budgetary process is gaining steam in the Senate. An...
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Line Items: Game of Thrones Returns Edition
Read moreIt’s Back – The long wait finally ended on Sunday as the HBO hit series "Game of Thrones" debuted its third season, gratifying those who have longed...