Budget Projections
Simpson-Bowles 2.0
Aug 20, 2012 by Patrick Lester
The leaders of a bipartisan panel that unsuccessfully pushed forward a deficit reduction plan last year are quietly meeting behind the scenes to lay the ground work for another push after the November elections, according to an August 17 report in the National Journal.
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Mar 5, 2010 by Sam Rosen-Amy
I know everyone's been distracted lately with health care, the Olympics, and the last season of Lost, but the budget process has been churning away silently these past few months. While we await Congress' budget resolution on April 15, the Congressional Budget Office decided to remind us all that the process is still moving ahead by releasing an analysis of the President's budget, one which is significantly less rosy than the President's estimate.
read in fullWhite House Called Out on Manipulating Budget Forecasts
Jan 24, 2006 by Matthew Madia
Stan Collender, contributing editor of the National Journal, makes two excellent points calling out the White House for their faulty and ideological budget projections in his January 17 column Wolf! (subscription only).
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