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Former Budget Committee Director Warns Against Budgetary Gimmicks
Read moreFormer Democratic House Budget Committee staff director Tom Kahn recently penned an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal in which he commended Congress...
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More Pay-Fors Needed for Bipartisan Infrastructure Act
Read moreThe Senate passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, bipartisan legislation to increase federal infrastructure investments. The legislation...
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The Senate Should Restore the Conrad Rule
Read moreThe Senate is currently considering a budget resolution that includes reconciliation instructions to facilitate the enactment of numerous climate...
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CBO's Deficit Projections Are Higher, Here's Why
Read moreIn its updated Budget and Economic Outlook, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projected budget deficits will total $15.1 trillion between Fiscal...
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Reconciliation Instructions Must Not Add to the Debt
Read moreToday, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders released a budget resolution to allow for up to $1.75 trillion of new borrowing through...
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The Senate Budget Resolution Would Allow $1.75 Trillion of Borrowing
Read moreSenate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-VT) released a budget resolution for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 today that allows for up to roughly $1...
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CBO Report Shows Infrastructure is More Pro-Growth When It's Paid For
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report today detailing the macroeconomic effects of two illustrative, $500 billion infrastructure...
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Infrastructure Plan Will Add $400 Billion to the Deficit, CBO Finds
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just published its score of the recently unveiled bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Though its...
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Breaking Down $800 Billion in Economic Impact Payments
Read moreThe Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently published summary statistics for the three rounds of Economic Impact Payments (EIPs) paid through early...
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Representative Suozzi Introduces the WISH Act
Read moreRepresentative Thomas Suozzi (D-NY) recently introduced the WISH Act, which aims to provide catastrophic long-term care insurance for older Americans...
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Comparing the Permanent Costs of Build Back Better and the TCJA
Read moreThe bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the forthcoming budget reconciliation bill – together making up the core of the "Build Back...