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Boosts in Non-Defense Appropriations Needed Due to Decade of Cuts, Unmet Needs

March 25, 2021 | David Reich and Katie Windham

Congress and the President, no longer bound by multi-year caps on discretionary funding, have the opportunity this year to reset non-defense discretionary funding levels to remedy existing shortfalls.

Rising Federal Debt Should Not Shortchange Response to COVID-19 Crisis

September 9, 2020

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More Fiscal Stimulus Needed to Fight Deep COVID-19 Recession

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Rebuilding IRS Would Reduce Tax Gap, Help Replenish Depleted Revenue Base

April 13, 2021

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Introduction to Budget “Reconciliation”

January 21, 2021 | Richard Kogan and David Reich

Statement

Parrott: President Biden’s Discretionary Funding Request Addresses Crucial National Needs

April 9, 2021 | Sharon Parrott

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Puerto Rico Fiscal Policy

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Building an Equitable Recovery Requires Investing in Paid Leave

April 8, 2021 | Kathleen Romig

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White House, Ways and Means Paid Leave Plans Would Help Workers and Families

April 28, 2021

Report

Rebuilding IRS Would Reduce Tax Gap, Help Replenish Depleted Revenue Base

April 13, 2021

Statement

Parrott: President Biden’s Discretionary Funding Request Addresses Crucial National Needs

April 9, 2021

Blog

Building an Equitable Recovery Requires Investing in Paid Leave

April 8, 2021

Report

Boosts in Non-Defense Appropriations Needed Due to Decade of Cuts, Unmet Needs

March 25, 2021

Report

Building an Equitable Recovery Requires Investing in Children, Supporting Workers, and Expanding Health Coverage

March 24, 2021

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The budget details what the federal government will spend on particular programs and how it will finance that spending.

We analyze the President’s annual budget proposal and major congressional budget plans, focusing especially on programs for low- and moderate-income families. We also examine long-term budget challenges and promote measures to improve fiscal responsibility in an equitable way.

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The “Pay-As-You-Go” Budget Rule

Where Do Our Federal Tax Dollars Go?

Introduction to the Federal Budget Process

Sharon Parrott

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White House, Ways and Means Paid Leave Plans Would Help Workers and Families

This week, both the White House and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal put forward ambitious plans to address major gaps in our caregiving infrastructure by creating a permanent,...

Rebuilding IRS Would Reduce Tax Gap, Help Replenish Depleted Revenue Base

A decade of budget cuts has severely undermined the agency’s ability to perform its fundamental jobs of enforcing the nation’s tax...

Parrott: President Biden’s Discretionary Funding Request Addresses Crucial National Needs

This budget request marks an important break from more than a decade of underinvestment across a range of...

Building an Equitable Recovery Requires Investing in Paid Leave

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, federal policymakers created a temporary emergency paid family and medical leave program on a strong bipartisan basis as part of the Families First...

Boosts in Non-Defense Appropriations Needed Due to Decade of Cuts, Unmet Needs

Congress and the President, no longer bound by multi-year caps on discretionary funding, have the opportunity this year to reset non-defense discretionary funding levels to remedy existing...

Building an Equitable Recovery Requires Investing in Children, Supporting Workers, and Expanding Health Coverage

The recovery legislation that policymakers will consider later this year provides a historic opportunity to build toward an equitable...

Latest CBO Projections Show Federal Interest Payments to Remain Low for Several Years

Concerns about growing federal debt should not dissuade policymakers from enacting additional measures to respond to COVID-19 and the economic crisis it spurred, such as those President Biden has...

Roundup: Congressional Action on COVID Relief

Both the House and the Senate have passed a fiscal year 2021 budget resolution and will work in the coming weeks to pass urgently needed COVID-19 relief legislation. We’ve excerpted below CBPP’s...

Next Relief Package Must Be Large Enough to Fight Virus, Relieve Hardship

As policymakers debate the scope of the next federal response to COVID-19 and the economic crisis, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projected a stronger recovery than it projected in July of...

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