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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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Speeches & Statement
Ranking Member Steve Womack (R-AR) Statement on Modernization of Congress Budget and Appropriations Reform Recommendations
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Budget Committee Ranking Member Steve Womack (R-AR) issued the following statement after the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress passed a…
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BUDGET DIGEST: CBO's 2020 Long-Term Budget Outlook
Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released The 2020 Long-Term Budget Outlook, commonly referred to as the extended baseline, which includes budget projections for the…
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Ranking Member Steve Womack (R-AR) Statement on CBO's 2020 Long-Term Budget Outlook
House Budget Committee Ranking Member Steve Womack (R-AR) issued the below statement following the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) release of The 2020 Long-Term Budget Outlook,…
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BUDGET DIGEST: CBO Major Federal Trust Funds Outlook: 2020-2030
Each year the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) produces a report on the fiscal status of various federal government trust funds. A trust fund is an…
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Ranking Member Steve Womack (R-AR) Opening Statement at Hearing Titled: "Machines, Artificial Intelligence, & the Workforce: Recovering & Readying Our Economy for the Future"
As Prepared for Delivery: Thank you, Chairman Yarmuth, for holding this hearing, and thank you to our witnesses for joining us today. I would like…
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BUDGET DIGEST: Update to the CBO Budget Outlook: 2020-2030
The Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (Budget Act) requires that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) provide the House and Senate Budget committees…
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Ranking Member Womack Statement on CBO’s Update to the Budget Outlook and Outlook for Major Federal Trust Funds
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ranking Member Steve Womack (R-AR) today issued the following statement upon release of two reports by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO): Update…
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BUDGET DIGEST: Update: Status of FY2021 Appropriations Bills
Last week the House passed H.R. 7608,[1] an appropriations minibus that included four of the 12 discretionary spending bills for fiscal year (FY) 2021. This…
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BUDGET DIGEST: Status of FY2021 Appropriations Bills
The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 (BBA 2019) established the topline, base discretionary spending level for the appropriations bills for fiscal year (FY) 2020 and…
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