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We’re Gonna Pay: The Cost of #MedicareForAll
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is expected to release a “qualitative assessment” of one-size-fits-all health care in response to a request from…
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Budget Buster
Budget Buster: A Partisan Infrastructure Plan
On January 29, 2020, House Democrats unveiled their first infrastructure and transportation proposal. The outline calls for a $760 billion investment, over the next five…
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Ranking Member Steve Womack (R-AR) Opening Statement at Hearing Titled: “The President’s Fiscal Year 2021 Budget”
Remarks as prepared for delivery: Thank you, Chairman Yarmuth, for holding this hearing, and thank you, Acting Director Vought, for being here with us today.…
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BUDGET DIGEST: The President's Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Request
What is the President’s Budget Request? Yesterday, the Trump Administration submitted its formal budget request for fiscal year (FY) 2021 to Congress. While Congress holds…
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Ranking Member Womack Statement on President Trump's Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Request
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ranking Member Steve Womack (R-AR) today issued the following statement after the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released President Trump's budget…
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BUDGET DIGEST: The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement
Budget Digest: The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Last week, President Trump signed into law the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) which modernizes the decades-old North American Free…
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BUDGET DIGEST: CBO Budget and Economic Outlook
The Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (Budget Act) requires, on an annual basis, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to provide the House…
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Ranking Member Steve Womack (R-AR) Opening Remarks at Hearing Entitled: The Congressional Budget Office's Budget and Economic Outlook
Remarks as prepared for delivery: Thank you, Chairman Yarmuth, for holding this hearing. I look forward to participating in this important conversation today. As we’re…
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Ranking Member Womack Statement on CBO's Budget and Economic Outlook
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ranking Member Steve Womack (R-AR) today issued the following statement after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its annual Budget and Economic…
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Budget Buster: Earned Income Tax Credit Expansion
A recent Democrat proposal, H.R. 5271, the Worker Relief and Credit Reform Act of 2019,[1] calls to drastically broaden the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC),…
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