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Before Congress adjourns for its district work period in August, House and Senate Democrats hope to pass the FY 2022 budget resolution. The annual budget blueprint is essential to the Biden agenda because it initiates “reconciliation” – the special process…

To prevent their agenda from stalling, President Biden and congressional Democrats  must secure two major policy victories before recessing for the upcoming month-long district work period: (1) complete negotiations on a nearly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill and pass…

Washington -  Today, the Congressional Budget Office released a topline summary of its much-anticipated update to the 2021 budget baseline. The previous installment from CBO was published in February, prior to enactment of the $1.8 trillion American Rescue Plan…

"Current figures suggest that the federal government is digging America into a hole. According to CBO’s baseline projections—which don’t account for Mr. Biden’s proposals—interest costs will surpass spending for Social Security by 2045 and will consume nearly half of…

The Concord Coalition today expressed disappointment that President Biden’s first budget, covering Fiscal Years 2022 through 2031, will produce annual deficits in excess of $1 trillion for each of those years and increase the debt as a share of…

In presenting his case to Congress for an ambitious policy agenda, President Biden said, “It is not enough to restore where we were prior to the pandemic.” That thinking makes sense, but it should also be applied to the ballooning…

Earlier this week the US Census Bureau released the “Apportionment Results” from the latest decennial census conducted in 2020.[1] These results provide a count of the resident population for the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, as…

This week, President Biden continued to roll out an ambitious policy agenda with release of the American Families Plan (AFP), described as “an investment in our children and our families.” Major new initiatives in the plan include universal preschool for…