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Health Spending Continues Slow Growth

Last year saw the slowest growth in national health care spending since 1960, when such data was first ...

Monday, December 8, 2014

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Plans to Renew Tax Breaks Will Increase Deficits

After a larger deal fell apart, the House recently voted 378-46 to approve a one-year extension of more ...

Monday, December 8, 2014

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Former Senators John Danforth and Robert Kerrey To Release Update of 1994 Commission Report Calling for Bipartisan Entitlement and Tax Reform

UPDATED DECEMBER 16**A video of the program can be viewed here. UPDATED DECEMBER 16**A video of the program can ...

Monday, December 8, 2014

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House Renews Tax Breaks Without Plan to Pay for Them

After a larger deal fell apart, the House recently voted 378-46 to approve a one-year extension of more ...

Sunday, December 7, 2014

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Tax Extenders: A Case Study in Fiscal Irresponsibility

Lawmakers are unfortunately focusing on renewing several expired tax provisions, mainly benefiting businesses, without offsetting the lost revenue. Initially, ...

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

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Health Care for Older Americans Falls Short in Survey

A new survey of older adults in 11 industrialized countries finds that the Americans “are sicker than their ...

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

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Debates on Spending Bills Continue as Deadline Nears

With federal spending legislation set to expire next week, appropriators continue to work on a tardy “omnibus” plan ...

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

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Tax Extender Debate Is a Case Study in Fiscal Irresponsibility

Lawmakers are now focusing on extending a series of tax provisions mainly benefiting businesses for one year after ...

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

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Compensation Costs Drove Defense Budget Growth

Rising compensation costs were a major driver of growth in the defense budget from 2000 to 2014, according ...

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

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Pension Insurance Agency Reports Record Deficit

The federal agency that insures pension benefits ran a record deficit of $62 billion in Fiscal 2014, up ...

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

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Time Running Short for Current-Year Spending Plan

Members of Congress went home for their Thanksgiving break amid growing doubts about whether they will be able ...

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

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Congress Should Quickly Wrap Up Current Year’s Budget

Congressional appropriators are continuing to negotiate on legislation to fund the government in Fiscal 2015, which began Oct. ...

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

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