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Mattea Kramer
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Debt & Deficit,
Health Care,
Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net
According to a report just released by the Congressional Budget Office, the Senate’s comprehensive immigration reform bill would reduce federal budget deficits by $197 billion over the next decade.
By
Mattea Kramer
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Budget Process
By now you've heard that federal budget cuts will take effect on Friday. And you've heard the strange-sounding name for these cuts: sequestration. No one thought the cuts would actually take effect, but now – it is near certain – they will, and the fallout will reach all of us.
By
Mattea Kramer
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Budget Process,
Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net
At the last possible moment, Congress came to an agreement to avoid the fiscal cliff. The deal affects tax rates, unemployment benefits, and even the price of milk. Read the details.
By
Mattea Kramer
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Budget Process,
Debt & Deficit
Recently the notion of the "debt ceiling" has been appearing in the news. It's making a comeback after spending months in the spotlight last summer, when the federal government nearly shut down as federal debt reached the legal limit. (Lawmakers ultimately raised the limit in the eleventh hour.) Currently, it is projected that the federal debt will hit the new debt ceiling sometime before the end of 2012. To once again avoid a government shutdown, lawmakers will again have to raise the debt ceiling, which is now set at $16.4 trillion.
By
Chris Hellman
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Budget Process
By
Mattea Kramer
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Budget Process
By
Mattea Kramer
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Budget Process,
Transparency & Data
By
Kyle Andrejczyk
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Budget Process
By
Mattea Kramer
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Budget Process,
Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net
By
Kyle Andrejczyk
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