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minimum wage
July 8, 2019
A $15 Minimum Wage Would Raise Pay for 27 Million, CBO Estimates The Congressional Budget Office also projected that the policy would cost the economy 1.3 million jobs, though that estimate is highly uncertain.
By Eric Levitz
government shutdown
Jan. 28, 2019
Government Shutdown Will Cost the U.S. $3 Billion, CBO Projects In alarming news for Trump, the budget office also predicts that economic growth will slow markedly in 2020.
By Eric Levitz
After Blowing Up the Deficit, House Passes Mostly Phony Spending Cuts This “spending clawback” bill involves the budgetary equivalent of sofa-cushion money.
By Ed Kilgore
The CBO Won’t Score the Final Trumpcare Bill for Weeks To pass the Graham-Cassidy health-care bill, Senate Republicans will need to vote for the law before the budget office releases a coverage estimate.
By Eric Levitz
Talking to the Former CBO Director About the Health-Care Fight Doug Elmendorf, who oversaw the CBO during the battle over Obamacare, on how the agency operates.
By Lily Carollo
Senate GOP Has Asked CBO to Score 2 Versions of Revised Health-Care Bill: Report It appears that versions with and without Senator Ted Cruz’s proposed amendment have been sent off for analysis.
By Chas Danner
CBO: Medicaid Cuts Will Snowball Down the Road Under Senate Health-Care Bill The design of the Senate health-care bill is to slowly introduce Medicaid cuts that will grow much larger as time goes by.
By Ed Kilgore
Trump Official Incompetently Defends Administration’s Competence Mick Mulvaney tried to explain how he hadn’t actually made a math error — and ended up suggesting that he doesn’t know the basics of Trump’s tax plan.
By Eric Levitz
GOP Lawmaker: No One Can Truly Know Whether My Bill Will Kill People The CBO says Trumpcare will price out poor sick people. MacArthur says CBO experts are “not prophets,” and the effects of his bill are unknowable.
By Eric Levitz
Trumpcare Would Leave More Uninsured Than Simply Repealing Obamacare The GOP managed to write a health-care bill that covers fewer people than merely repealing Obamacare without a replacement, according to the CBO.
By Eric Levitz
The GOP Just Made Its Bait and Switch on Health-Care Reform Explicit After promising a plan that would provide “better care” at “lower costs,” Paul Ryan touts the fact that his bill cuts taxes and lowers the deficit.
By Eric Levitz
Breitbart Keeps Turning Up the Heat on Paul Ryan Even as administration figures rallied around the GOP health plan, Trump’s fans at Breitbart used it as fresh ammunition in its war on the Speaker.
By Ed Kilgore
Trump’s Budget Director Playing Key Role in Obamacare Replacement Drama For Mick Mulvaney, this is part of the big project of privatizing Social Security and Medicare.
By Ed Kilgore
important ceilings
July 27, 2011
By Adam K. Raymond
health carnage
Mar. 18, 2010
By Dan Amira
health carnage
Nov. 19, 2009
So What’s in This Senate Health-Care Bill? Pundits and experts pick out some interesting bits.
By Dan Amira
health carnage
Oct. 19, 2009
It’s Back! The Public Option Lives Max Baucus: “This issue is alive.”
By Adam K. Raymond
health carnage
Oct. 8, 2009
By Dan Amira