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CBO examined 28 options that encompass a broad range of discretionary programs. About a third of the options would affect defense programs; the rest are for nondefense programs.
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CBO examined 36 options related to the following parts of the tax system: individual income tax rates, the individual income tax base, individual income tax credits, payroll taxes, and taxation of income from businesses, among others.
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To comply with the Budget Control Act, the DoD budget would have to be as much as 20 percent below the cost of its current plans. Such a reduction could be achieved through different approaches, some involving cutbacks in combat units.
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The 23 options related to mandatory spending would generally decrease the amount paid to beneficiaries, redefine the population that is entitled to benefits of various programs, or reduce payments to state and local governments.
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Earlier this week, Director Doug Elmendorf participated in a conference on the budget organized by the Rudman Center at the University of New Hampshire.
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Most of the 16 options that CBO examined would either decrease federal spending on health programs or increase revenues (or equivalently, reduce tax expenditures) as a result of changes in tax provisions related to health care.
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Users of our website will now be able to search for options according to major budget category (such as revenues), budget function (such as national defense or transportation), and major program category (such as housing or Medicare).
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Given the high degree of interest in the relationship between people’s health and the federal budget, this post recaps some highlights from CBO’s report titled Raising the Excise Tax on Cigarettes: Effects on Health and the Federal Budget.
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CBO estimates that the costs of DoD’s base-budget plans for 2014 through 2021 would average about $90 billion a year more than the funding that would be provided to DoD under the limits set by the Budget Control Act.
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The Federal Pell Grant Program was created to improve the access of low-income students to postsecondary education. CBO analyst Nabeel Alsalam discusses spending on the program and possible policy changes.