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‘Line’ Items: Super Bowl Edition
Read moreGame On – The Super Bowl in Texas won’t be until Sunday, but Washington had its own big game last week as President Obama gave his State of the Union...
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CBO Projects Social Security to Be Forever in the Red
Read moreIn yesterday's Budget and Economic Outlook, CBO shows that Social Security will run deficits each year over the coming decade, depleting $547 billion...
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Japan's Credit Rating Cut by Standard & Poor's
Read moreIn what is sure to be a wake-up call for the Japanese government, Standard & Poor’s cut Japan’s credit rating today for the first time in nine years...
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Sen. Conrad Calls for Immediate Action on Long-Term Fiscal Plan
Read moreSenator Kent Conrad (D-ND), chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, is calling for swift and decisive action to address our worsening fiscal problems...
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Sen. Rand Paul Proposes $500B in Annual Spending Cuts
Read moreSenator Rand Paul (R-KY) released his plan for cutting federal spending earlier this week in the latest in a wave of Republican spending cut proposals...
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Spotlight on the States: Illinois
Read moreContinuing our "Spotlight on the States" series, which takes a look at state-level fiscal issues around the country, the Bottom Line turns to the...
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CBO Releases January 2011 Ten-Year Outlook
Read moreCBO today released its new budget and economic update, showing higher ten-year deficit and debt projections from 2012 to 2021 than they predicted back...
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CRFB Analysis of CBO’s January 2011 Baseline
Read moreCBO now projects the 2011 deficit to reach a record-breaking $1.5 trillion, and increased its deficit projections over the 2011-2020 period by $1.4...
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Doug Elmendorf Reappointed as Director of Congressional Budget Office
Read moreCongressional leaders have agreed to reappoint Doug Elmendorf as the director of the Congressional Budget Office. Mr. Elmendorf, who has been the...
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House Passes Third Weekly Spending Reduction Bill
Read moreToday, the House voted to end public financing of political party conventions and presidential campaigns by a vote of 239-160. This is part of a...
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Rep. Bachmann Proposes Spending Cuts
Read moreRep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) has released her proposal to reign in federal spending, amounting to over $425 billion in cuts annually. Shortly after...
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State of the Union Recap
Read moreLast night in his State of the Union address, President Obama hailed a new era of bipartisan cooperation, focusing on America's competitiveness to...