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CBO Releases January 2012 Outlook
Read moreCBO released its new budget and economic outlook, showing slightly higher ten-year deficit and debt projections from 2012-2021 than the last ten-year...
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'Line' Items: Super Bowl Edition
Read moreSuper Not So Duper – The word “super” has lost its luster lately. The failure of the Super Committee and the need for a super majority in the Senate...
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Federal versus Private Compensation: A Closer Look
Read moreCBO has a new report out, comparing federal and private-sector compensation for employees. The report shows that, on average, federal employees are...
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Panetta Presents New Defense Budget
Read moreYesterday, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta fleshed out the widely-anticipated FY 2013 defense budget. The budget showed to some extent how the Obama...
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A Gimmick on the Rise
Read moreUpdate: The American College of Physicians has also called for eliminating the SGR and the sequester and partially paying for them with war savings...
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House Budget Committee Advances Process Reform Proposals
Read moreAs we mentioned in our press release earlier this week, the House Budget Committee has been working on legislation to reform the current budget...
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CRFB Calls For Fiscal Responsibility From the Conference Committee
Read moreWith Congress back in session this week, there is a renewed focus on several provisions that lawmakers extended for two-months in December and which...
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Recapping the State of the Union
Read morePresident Obama gave his annual State of the Union address Tuesday night. The election-year speech contained a laundry list of proposals aimed to...
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