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May 24, 2018 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

CBO’s Analysis of the President’s FY 2019 Budget

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May 14, 2018 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections| Economics

It Would Take Nearly Unprecedented Economic Growth to Balance the Budget

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Jun 8, 2018 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

Gene Steuerle: Why Government Budget Estimates Are Often Wrong

Dr. Eugene (Gene) Steuerle is the Richard B. Fisher chair and Institute Fellow at the Urban Institute and a member of the Committee for a Responsible...
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Jun 1, 2018 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections| Economics

CBO Economic Forecasts Are Similar to the Consensus, Unlike OMB

The Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) analysis of the President's Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 budget found that the President's policies would still...
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May 24, 2018 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

CBO’s Analysis of the President’s FY 2019 Budget

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its estimate of the President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 budget using its own assumptions to evaluate the...
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May 24, 2018 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

CBO Releases Estimate of the President's Budget

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its estimate of the President's 2019 budget today. The estimates show debt would continue to rise...
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May 22, 2018 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections| Budget Process

It Would Be Unprecedented to Not Even Consider a Budget

For Immediate Release Over a month after the statutory deadline to complete a budget, neither the House nor Senate Budget Committees have even...
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May 18, 2018 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

Congress Has Never Failed to Propose a Budget

There has never been a year where at least one of the two congressional Budget Committees have not proposed a budget. Since the modern budget...
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May 17, 2018 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

Paul & Sanford Introduce Penny Plans

Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) and Representative Mark Sanford (R-SC) have introduced “penny plans” that would balance the budget within a decade through a...
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May 14, 2018 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections| Economics

It Would Take Nearly Unprecedented Economic Growth to Balance the Budget

Increased economic growth has often been cited as a solution to our fiscal problems or as a way to offset deficit-increasing legislation....
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May 4, 2018 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

Mandatory Spending Makes Up the Bulk of Spending Growth

Over four-fifths of the growth in nominal spending over the next decade is driven by Social Security, federal health programs, and interest on the...
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