Budget Matters Blog
Top 5 Things to Know About President Obama's 2014 Budget
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Mattea Kramer
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Budget Process,
Debt & Deficit,
Education,
Military & Security
Today President Obama released his fiscal 2014 budget proposal, which set a record for arriving two months after the legal deadline of the first Monday in February. Here are the top five things to know about the new budget.
The Top 6 Questions to Ask Candidates
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Mattea Kramer
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Budget Process,
Debt & Deficit,
Education,
Health Care,
Military & Security,
Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net
This election season, National Priorities Project is launching a suite of materials to arm voters with crucial information about what's at stake in November. And part of being informed is knowing what questions to ask candidates. Here are the top six things to ask your congressional candidates about where they ...
Budget Group Identifies at Least $1 Trillion in Common-Ground Deficit Reduction Measures
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Chris Hellman
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Budget Process
A new analysis by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) has identified between $1.1 trillion and $2.6 trillion in possible deficit reduction measures that are common to most or all of four of the major deficit reduction proposals circulating in Washington.CRFB found "significant overlap" among the fiscal plans ...
Despite Deep Spending Cuts, GOP Plan Achieves Little Deficit Reduction in 2012
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Budget Process
Chairman Ryan’s deep cuts would only achieve modest deficit reductions in 2012The budget proposal released by Rep. Paul Ryan’s this week includes a slew of cuts to “non-security” discretionary programs in 2012. The deepest cuts are illustrated below. Rep. Ryan proposes we spend less than half as much as President ...