Federal Budget Policy

Feb 8, 2016

Top 400 Taxpayers See Tax Rates Rise, But There’s More to the Story

As Americans were gathering party supplies to greet the New Year, the Internal Revenue Service released their annual report of cumulative tax data reported on the 400 tax r...

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Feb 4, 2016

Chlorine Bleach Plants Needlessly Endanger 63 Million Americans

Chlorine bleach plants across the U.S. put millions of Americans in danger of a chlorine gas release, a substance so toxic it has been used as a chemical weapon. Greenpeace’s new repo...

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Jan 25, 2016

U.S. Industrial Facilities Reported Fewer Toxic Releases in 2014

The Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) data for 2014 is now available. The good news: total toxic releases by reporting facilities decreased by nearly six percent from 2013 levels. Howe...

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Jan 22, 2016

Methane Causes Climate Change. Here's How the President Plans to Cut Emissions by 40-45 Percent.

UPDATE (Jan. 22, 2016): Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released its proposed rule to reduce methane emissions...

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State Crisis are Spilling Over

Jul 28, 2003 by Guest Blogger

From the NY Times...

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A Forward Look at the Budget

How long can OMB's Rosy Scenario keep telling those pretty lies?

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Budget Cuts Strain State, County and Municipal Public Health Departments

The "invisible" infrastructure of the U.S. public health system is crumbling.

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The Earned Income Tax Credit "Pre-Certification" Plan Opposed by Senate Democrats

Efforts to stop the proposed "pre-certification" of Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) recipients have growing support in the Senate.

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Still No Extension of Child Tax Credit for Low-Income Families

As 25 million families begin receiving their checks from the IRS for the $400 per child increases in the child tax credit, House Democrats used a series of procedural floor votes on July 23 to bring attention to the fact that no progress has been made to extend the credit to low-income families.

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Economy and Jobs Watch: Soaring Deficits, Reckless Policy

The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in its annual "Mid-Session Review" recently projected that the U.S. federal budget will see an unprecedented $691 billion deterioration in its budget situation -- moving from record surpluses of $236 billion in 2000 to record deficits of $455 billion in 2003.

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Report: Revenue Reducitons Harming Children

Jul 23, 2003 by Guest Blogger

The Every Child Matters Education Fund recently released a report on the effect of federal revenue reductions on children.

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Long-term fiscal imbalance

Jul 21, 2003 by Guest Blogger

Jagadeesh Gokhale and Kent Smetters argue that short-term deficit projections are inadequate to address the growing fiscal imbalance in Medicare and Social Security. At the very least, the OMB should return to 10-year projections rather than their current 5-year horizon.

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New Deficit Report from CBPP

Jul 18, 2003 by Guest Blogger

An analysis of the new budget deficit estimates from CBPP:

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$455 Billion Deficit

Jul 17, 2003 by Guest Blogger

The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) recently projected that the US federal budget will see an unprecedented $691 billion deterioration in its budget situation -- moving from record surpluses of $236 billion in 2000 to record deficits of $455 billion in 2003. This paper outlines some of the basic characteristics of the current situation and places them in the context of recent history.

OMB Watch - Interpreting the Return to Budget Deficits

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