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Policy Points: Many Missed Opportunities for Congress and the President in 2007
Revised December 21, 2007
Over recent months, federal policymakers considered measures to expand children’s health coverage, strengthen Medicare, make new investments in areas like education and medical research, and extend tax relief — while maintaining fiscal discipline. Congress and the President … -
Policy Points: What’s Behind the Budget Battles Between the President and Congress?
December 7, 2007
In his conflicts with Congress over issues from taxes to children’s health insurance to appropriations bills, the President is casting himself as the defender of fiscal responsibility. His actions, however, tell a different story. In fighting congressional efforts to pay for tax-cut … -
Policy Points: Bipartisan Legislation to Strengthen Children’s Health Care Focuses On Low-Income Children
October 5, 2007
The children’s health care bill President Bush recently vetoed would provide coverage by 2012 to 3.8 million children who would otherwise be uninsured. The vast majority of these children have low incomes, as the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has shown. Of these children: … -
Policy Points: The Week's Top Five Myths Regarding Congressional Efforts to Strengthen Children's Health Coverage
July 27, 2007
Myth #1: The bills before Congress to renew the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) would vastly expand program eligibility. Fact: According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office: 4.3 million of the 4.9 million otherwise-uninsured children who would gain coverage under the … -
Policy Points: Now Comes The Hard Part
March 23, 2007
In a fundamental change from recent congressional budget practices, the House Budget Committee and the full Senate have approved budget plans that restore “pay-as-you-go” discipline and require that the costs of tax cuts or entitlement expansions be fully offset. In addition, … -
Policy Points: Addressing Some Misconceptions About the Senate Budget Plan
March 16, 2007
The new Senate budget resolution is a bigger break with recent congressional budget practices — and a larger step in the direction of fiscal responsibility — than some initial media reports suggest. The plan’s most important element is the restoration of … -
Policy Points: Examining the President's Recent Claim about Tax Cuts, Revenues, and the Economy
January 23, 2007
In a January 3 Wall Street Journal opinion piece, President Bush made the following assertion: “It is also a fact that our tax cuts have fueled robust economic growth and record revenues.” He argued that the budget should be balanced by 2012 but that his tax cuts should be …
