2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997-1990 Reinstatement of Pay-As-You-Go Is a Welcome Step toward Fiscal Responsibility 12/20/06 James Horney and Richard Kogan HTML, PDF, 3pp. From Surplus to Deficit: Legislation Enacted Over the Last Six Years Has Raised the Debt by $2.3 Trillion 12/13/06 Richard Kogan and Matt Fiedler HTML, PDF, 2pp. Basic Questions and Answers about the Deficit 10/30/06 HTML, PDF, 3pp. Dow Jones Industrial Average Not At Record High Once Inflation Is Taken Into Account Dow Still 14 Percent Below Its Peak Jason Furman Revised 10/30/06 HTML, PDF, 2pp. Recent Action by Congress Sets Up Larger Appropriations Cuts in Lame-Duck Session James Horney, Martha Coven, and Matt Fiedler 10/13/06 HTML, PDF, 7pp. Appropriations for 2006: Domestic Funding Continues to Shrink as a Percentage of the Economy and Is Now Below 2001 Levels Richard Kogan Revised 10/13/06 HTML, PDF, 5pp. Statement of Robert Greenstein, Executive Director, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, in Response to Announcement of the 2006 Deficit Figure 10/11/06 HTML, PDF, 1pp. Deficit Announcement Masks Bigger Story: Long-Term Outlook Remains Bleak Richard Kogan and James Horney 10/11/06 HTML, PDF, 3pp. CBO Analysis Finds Increased Revenues Would Offset Increased Entitlement Costs under Senate Immigration Bill: Often-Cited Cost Figure of $126 Billion Reflects Misreading of the CBO Report Robert Greenstein, Leighton Ku, James Horney, and Richard Kogan 9/15/06 HTML, PDF, 7pp. A Short Guide to Dynamic Scoring Jason Furman Revised 8/24/06 HTML, PDF, 14pp. Treasury Dynamic Scoring Analysis Refutes Claims by Supporters of the Tax Cuts Jason Furman Revised 8/24/06 HTML, PDF, 6pp. Don't Pop the Corks: CBO Outlook for the Federal Budget is Still Bleak James Horney and Richard Kogan 8/17/06 HTML, PDF, 2pp. Even With New Budget Projections, Budget Deterioration From 2000-2006 Will Be the Largest 6-Year Deterioration in Half a Century Richard Kogan and Matt Fiedler Revised 8/17/06 HTML, PDF, 3pp. New CBO Deficit Estimate Indicates That Without The Tax Cuts, the Budget Would Be Balanced James Horney 8/8/06 HTML, PDF, 2pp. Statement: House Leadership Invokes �Martial Law,� Forcing Members to Vote on Key Bills Without Full Knowledge of What They Are Voting On: Move Represents Erosion of the Democratic Process Robert Greenstein 7/28/06 HTML, PDF, 3pp. A Smoking Gun: President�s Claim That Tax Cuts Pay for Themselves Refuted By Administration�s Own Analysis James Horney Revised 7/27/06 HTML, PDF, 2pp. Claim That Tax Cuts "Pay For Themselves" Is Too Good To Be True: Data Show No "Free Lunch" Here Richard Kogan and Aviva Aron-Dine Revised 7/27/06 HTML, PDF, 7pp. Do Revenue Surprises Tell Us Much About The Cost of Tax Cuts? Jason Furman 7/18/06 HTML, PDF, 4pp. The Recent Upturn in Revenues and OMB's Mid-Session Review Aviva Aron-Dine, Joel Friedman, Richard Kogan, and Isaac Shapiro Revised 7/14/06 HTML, PDF, 10pp. What the New Trustees� Report Shows About Social Security Jason Furman and Robert Greenstein Revised 6/15/06 HTML, PDF, 6pp. A �Mere� $300 Billion: Should a $300 Billion Deficit Be Considered a Victory? Richard Kogan and Aviva Aron-Dine Revised 6/5/06 HTML, PDF, 3pp. The House-Passed Budget Plan Richard Kogan, James Horney, Joel Friedman, and Robert Greenstein Revised 5/22/06 HTML, PDF, 8pp. Trustees' Report Focuses Attention on Misguided Medicare "45-Percent Trigger" Robert Greenstein, Richard Kogan, Edwin Park, and James Horney Revised 5/1/06 HTML, PDF, 7pp. Will The Administration Claim the Cost of Fixing Social Security Rose $700 Billion Because Congress Did Not Act Last Year? Richard Kogan, Robert Greenstein, and Jason Furman Revised 5/1/06 HTML, PDF, 3pp. The RSC Budget Plan: Republican Study Committee Plan Would Cut Domestic Programs Severely To Fund Deep Tax Cuts Richard Kogan, Katharine Richards, and James Horney 4/6/06 HTML, PDF, 3pp. How High Did The Senate Budget Resolution Set Domestic Discretionary Funding For 2007? Revised 3/29/06 HTML, PDF, 2pp. Joint Statement Opposing Potential Budget Gimmick Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, the Committee for Economic Development, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, and the Concord Coalition 3/28/06 HTML, PDF, 1pp. Background on Potential Budget Gimmick in Tax Reconciliation Conference 3/28/06 HTML, PDF, 3pp. Proposed Cap Would Require Deep Cuts In Entitlement Programs Richard Kogan and Robert Greenstein 3/16/06 HTML, PDF, 4pp. Tax Cuts Proposed in President�s Budget Would Ultimately Cause Large State Revenue Losses Iris J. Lav 3/16/06 HTML, PDF, 11pp. Administration's Fiscal Year 2007 Budget Is Likely Still To Leave SCHIP Coverage For Low-Income Children In Jeopardy Matt Broaddus Revised 3/14/06 HTML, PDF, 4pp. The Senate Budget Committee�s Budget Plan: A Brief Analysis James Horney, Joel Friedman, and Robert Greenstein 3/13/06 HTML, PDF, 9pp. President and Senate Budget Committee Embrace Misguided �45-Percent Trigger� Robert Greenstein, Richard Kogan, Edwin Park, and James Horney 3/13/06 HTML, PDF, 9pp. House Pension Bill Would Make Some 2001 Tax Cuts Permanent Without Offsetting Their Cost James Horney, Robert Greenstein, And Aviva Aron-Dine 3/6/06 HTML, PDF, 2pp. Program Cuts in the President's Budget: Cuts Grow Deeper Over Time and Will Hit States Hard 2/23/06 James Horney, Arloc Sherman, and Sharon Parrott HTML, PDF Program Cuts by State New Price Data Show Additional LIHEAP Funding Still Needed: Congressional Delay Endangers Poor Households Aviva Aron-Dine 2/17/06 HTML, PDF, 1pp. New Requirement For Birth Certificates or Passports Could Threaten Medicaid Coverage For Vulnerable Beneficiaries: A State-By-State Analysis Leighton Ku and Matthew Broaddus Revised 2/17/06 Full Report: HTML, PDF, 5pp. Press Release: HTML, PDF, 2pp. Administration Defense of Health Savings Accounts Rests on Misleading Use of Statistics Edwin Park and Robert Greenstein 2/16/06 HTML, PDF, 5pp. The Cost and Coverage Impact of The President�s Health Insurance Budget Proposals Jonathan Gruber 2/15/06 Full Report: HTML, PDF, 5pp. Press Release: HTML, PDF, 2pp. The Administration�s Medicaid Proposals Would Shift Federal Costs to States Andy Schneider, Leighton Ku, and Judith Solomon 2/14/06 Full Report: HTML, PDF, 8pp. Press Release: HTML, PDF, 2pp. President�s Budget Would Cut Food For Over 420,000 Low-Income Seniors Dorothy Rosenbaum Revised 2/14/06 HTML, PDF, 5pp. The Hidden Cuts in Domestic Appropriations: OMB Data Reveal Deep Funding Cuts After 2007 Richard Kogan, Isaac Shapiro, and Katharine Richards 2/9/06 HTML, PDF, 19pp. Federal Grants to States and Localities Cut Deeply In Fiscal Year 2007 Federal Budget Iris J. Lav 2/7/06 HTML, PDF, 6pp. The President�s Budget: A Preliminary Analysis 2/6/06 HTML, PDF Extending Expiring Tax Cuts and AMT Relief Would Cost $3.3 Trillion Through 2016 Joel Friedman and Aviva Aron-Dine 2/6/06 HTML, PDF, 7pp. Despite Inclusion of "Marriage-Promotion" Funding, Budget Bill Would Penalize States That Provide TANF Assistance to Poor Married Families Sharon Parrott 1/31/06 HTML, PDF, 6pp. New Congressional Budget Office Estimates Indicate Millions Of Low-Income Beneficiaries Would Be Harmed By Medicaid Provisions In Budget Bill Edwin Park 1/29/06 HTML, PDF, 5pp. Increases in CBO's Revenue Projections Do Not Show Tax Cuts Are Helping the Economy Aviva Aron-Dine 1/27/06 HTML, PDF, 2pp. Summary of TANF Work Participation Provisions in the Budget Reconciliation Bill Mark Greenberg and Sharon Parrott 1/18/06 HTML, PDF, 5pp. Out in the Cold: How Much LIHEAP Funding Will Be Needed to Protect Beneficiaries from Rising Energy Prices? Richard Kogan and Aviva Aron-Dine Revised 1/18/06 Full Report: HTML, PDF, 10pp. Press Release: HTML, PDF, 2pp. Senate and House Reconciliation Tax Packages: Nearly $100 Billion in Tax Cuts are on the Table Joel Friedman Revised 1/10/06 HTML, PDF, 7pp. Assessing the Effects of the Budget Conference Agreement on Low-Income Families and Individuals Sharon Parrott, Edwin Park, and Robert Greenstein Revised 1/9/06 HTML, PDF, 10pp. What Do Across-the-Board Cuts Mean for Domestic Appropriations? Arloc Sherman and Richard Kogan Revised 1/6/06 HTML, PDF, 28pp. Why the Application of the Expected Across-the-Board Appropriations Cut to Defense is Likely to be Purely Cosmetic Richard Kogan and James Horney Revised 1/6/06 HTML, PDF, 2pp. House Pension Bill Would Make Some 2001 Tax Cuts Permanent For The First Time James Horney and Robert Greenstein Revised 1/6/06 HTML, PDF, 11pp. State Budgets Would Be Squeezed Under Budget Conference Agreement Sharon Parrott, Nick Johnson and Leighton Ku Revised 1/6/06 HTML, PDF, 2pp. Drop in Deficit in 2005 Does Not Mean Tax Cuts Are Spurring Economic and Revenue Growth; New IRS Data Confirm Tax Cuts Lose Revenue Richard Kogan, Isaac Shapiro, and Aviva Aron-Dine Revised 1/6/06 HTML, PDF, 4pp. New Medicaid Requirement Is Unnecessary and Could Impede Citizens' Coverage Leighton Ku and Donna Cohen Ross Revised 1/4/06 18K-HTML, 77K-PDF, 3pp.