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Updated CBO Projections Show Higher Deficits Will Return

Mar 10, 2015

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) yesterday released new projections showing the federal deficit at $486 billion in 2015, about the same as last year. This is $18 billion higher than the budget office’s January estimate. After this year, deficits are…

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Five Ways the New Democrat Coalition Can Pursue Its Fiscal Agenda

Mar 5, 2015

The New Democrat Coalition, a group of 46 House members who describe themselves as the "pro-growth, fiscally responsible wing of the Democratic Party,"

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New House Vote Planned on Homeland Security Funding

Mar 3, 2015

The House will reportedly vote soon on legislation that would fund the Homeland Security Department for the rest of Fiscal 2015 without reversing President Obama’s immigration policies. While this development angered some conservatives, House approval would presumably break the logjam…

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Bayh, Gregg Explain ‘First Budget’ Initiative

Mar 3, 2015

Appearing today on MSNBC’s Morning Joe program, former senators Judd Gregg (R.-N.H.) and Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) outlined the nation’s fiscal challenges and explained how a new initiative called “First Budget” will press the 2016 presidential candidates to address these challenges.…

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Hearing Puts Focus on Need for Social Security Reform

Mar 3, 2015

A hearing by the House Ways and Means Social Security subcommittee last week drew attention to the impending insolvency of the Disability Insurance (DI) trust fund in 2016. The hearing featured testimony from Charles Blahous, a public trustee for Social…

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Keith Hall Named as New CBO Director

Mar 3, 2015

Keith Hall, who served as chief economist for President George W. Bush’s Council of Economic Advisers, will become director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) April 1. The appointment was announced last week by the chairmen of the congressional budget…

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Hearing Draws Attention to Social Security Shortfall

Mar 3, 2015

A hearing by the House Ways and Means Social Security subcommittee last week drew attention to the impending insolvency of the Disability Insurance (DI) trust fund in 2016. While there were some disagreements, there was also a clear bipartisan consensus…

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Congress Must Act Soon on Homeland Security Funding

Feb 24, 2015

Nearly five months after Fiscal 2015 began and with a stop-gap measure expiring this Friday, the House and Senate remain in an embarrassing tug-of-war over Homeland Security spending. Last month the House approved a $39.7 billion current-year funding bill but…

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Candidates Should Address Difficult Fiscal Realities

Feb 23, 2015

Politicians like to talk about good news, including benefits from government programs. But former U.S. senators Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) and Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) note that politicians “are far less interested in talking about the bad news and hard choices on…

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President’s Economic Report: A Strengthening Recovery

Feb 23, 2015

This year’s Economic Report of the President cheers 2014 as a “breakthrough year” for the country’s recovery and advocates policies that the administration says will encourage further growth and strengthen the middle class. “The unemployment rate plunged to its lowest…

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House Tax Bills Would Raise Deficits

Feb 17, 2015

Ignoring Senate doubts and presidential veto threats, the House last week moved forward with legislation to permanently extend various tax breaks that would otherwise expire. The House Ways and Means Committee has approved legislation that would increase projected deficits by…

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Iowa Events: Candidates Should Focus on Health Costs

Feb 17, 2015

Presidential candidates should address rising health care costs and the resulting squeeze on other priorities in the federal budget, according to health policy experts who spoke in Iowa last week. Doug Holtz-Eakin, a former director of the Congressional Budget Office,…

Blogs

Updated CBO Projections Show Higher Deficits Will Return

Five Ways the New Democrat Coalition Can Pursue Its Fiscal Agenda

New House Vote Planned on Homeland Security Funding

Bayh, Gregg Explain ‘First Budget’ Initiative

Hearing Puts Focus on Need for Social Security Reform

Keith Hall Named as New CBO Director

Hearing Draws Attention to Social Security Shortfall

Congress Must Act Soon on Homeland Security Funding

Candidates Should Address Difficult Fiscal Realities

President’s Economic Report: A Strengthening Recovery

House Tax Bills Would Raise Deficits

Iowa Events: Candidates Should Focus on Health Costs

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