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This week Congress is expected to act on a continuing resolution (CR) that will fund most federal agencies at last year's levels through March 4. Action is necessary because neither the $1.09 trillion full-year CR passed by the House nor…

The legal term severable normally gets little notice outside the world of constitutional law -- yet now it has become a big buzzword amongst health care analysts and federal budget wonks. The reason has to do with the numerous legal challenges to the Accountable Care Act's individual mandate to purchase…

Last week the House voted 212-206 to pass a continuing resolution to fund federal agencies for the rest of the fiscal year. According to the Appropriations Committee, the $1.1 trillion bill freezes discretionary spending at the FY 2010 level and…

Deficit hawks have long warned that unnecessary delays in deficit reduction carry risks and high costs that will only make the job harder down the road. A new study by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) underscores that point. It analyzes…

To allow federal agencies to continue operating through Dec. 18, Congress last week approved another continuing resolution. The House approved the measure 239-178 and the Senate gave it unanimous consent. President Obama signed it into law on Saturday.A new continuing…

Some people on both ends of the political spectrum have criticized the recommendations of the President’s fiscal commission as well as other bipartisan deficit-reduction plans such as the one recently unveiled by the Bipartisan Policy Center's Debt Reduction Task Force.…

On Monday President Obama announced a “framework for a bipartisan agreement” on extending the Bush tax cuts for two years, extending unemployment benefits for 13 months, and reducing the Social Security payroll tax for a year.The Concord Coalition said today…

By now we've seen a number of proposals for fiscal sustainability from groups with very different perspectives. (more…)