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Insolvency Threatens Highway Trust Fund

Jul 30, 2013
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) told lawmakers last week that the Highway Trust Fund would become insolvent in 2015 unless they further limit spending obligations or increase revenue dedicated to the fund.Over the next year the balances of the two…
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Geographic Variation in Health Care Spending

Jul 30, 2013
The prestigious Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a long-awaited report last week on geographical variation in health care spending. The study, commissioned through the Affordable Care Act (health care reform law), was the government’s most thorough attempt to date to…
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Bill Would Encourage Intergenerational Fairness

Jul 30, 2013
A bipartisan proposal introduced in the Senate would provide a more complete picture of the long-term impact of current fiscal policies, including their burden on younger Americans and future generations.Senators John Thune (R-S.D.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) introduced the Intergenerational…
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How to Avoid a Budget Crisis

Jul 30, 2013
Members of Congress may soon be heading home for their August recess with little to show in the way of progress on the federal budget. Congress has yet to pass a single appropriations bill to fund government agencies beyond Sept.…
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Detroit Becomes Largest City to File for Bankruptcy

Jul 23, 2013
The city of Detroit filed for bankruptcy on Friday, making it the largest city in the United States to do so. A number of factors led to the city’s current fiscal hole, including outsized pension obligations, a shrinking population, and high…
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Health Care Costs Put Pressure on Military Budget

Jul 23, 2013
As health care costs claim more and more of the nation’s defense budget, policymakers must make tough decisions about how to rein in those costs.The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) last year projected that spending on the military health system could…
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Debt Limit Showdown Could Harm U.S. Credit Outlook

Jul 23, 2013
Three recent reports by credit ratings agencies (Moody’s Analytics, Fitch Ratings and Standard and Poor’s) have shown some improvement in the credit outlook for the United States, mostly due to the steadily improving economy and the declining deficit.Moody’s and Standard…
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Political Turmoil Greatest Concern for Ratings Agencies

Jul 22, 2013
For those who follow the credit rating agencies’ assessments of the United States, the past several weeks have offered mixed messages. Overall, some improvement has been noted, mostly due to the steadily improving economy and the declining deficit. Concerns remain,…
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GAO Report Highlights Arbitrary Corporate Tax System

Jul 16, 2013
Profitable American companies pay an average of only 12.6 percent of their income in taxes, much less than the official 35 percent corporate tax rate, according to a study released this month by the Government Accountability Office (GAO).Many special provisions…
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House Farm Bill Falls Short on Fiscal Reform

Jul 16, 2013
The House passed a farm bill last week after its first attempt failed at the end of June. To get more Republican votes, all funding for the food stamp program was removed from the legislation -- funding which made up…
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‘Regular Chaos’ Rather Than ‘Regular Order’ on Budget

Jul 16, 2013
The House and Senate appear to be making little effort to work out their differences over spending levels, let alone any broader budget deal that might involve President Obama.“We no longer have ‘regular order’ so much as we have regular…
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Mid-Session Review Amid Little Progress on the Budget

Jul 9, 2013
The Obama Administration released its Mid-Session Review (MSR) of the budget on Monday. It would be nice to say that this update arrived just in time to clinch the deal on a fiscal sustainability plan, or even a plan to…
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