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Viewpoints: Obama's Buffett Rule evades issue of real tax reform
April 13, 2012

Viewpoints: Obamacare assaults freedoms, state budget
March 24, 2012

Viewpoints: The reckoning for Obamacare begins in court Monday
March 23, 2012

Paul Krugman: Understand the lies opponents make up about health reform
March 20, 2012

California water bill that favors farmers clears the House
March 01, 2012

Some Sacramento-area schools add dinner to the curriculum
February 23, 2012

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Analysis: health care law costs soaring
March 14, 2012 | WTVT FOX 13 Tampa, FL

Analysis: Competing Plans to Tackle Federal Deficit
February 01, 2012 | Newsy.com

Gattuso Says Next President Can Vary Rulemaking Process
November 01, 2011 | Bloomberg

Congressional Budget Office Wikipedia Information

The Congressional Budget Office is a federal agency within the legislative branch of the United States government. It was created by the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974.With respect to the estimation of spending for Congress, the Congressional Budget Office serves a purpose parallel to that of the Joint Committee on Taxation for the estimation of revenue for...

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Chad Stone: Pending House Tax Cut and House Committee SNAP Benefit Cuts Are Simply Wrong-Headed
April 19, 2012
April 18, 2012 – Comment by Chad Stone, Chief Economist, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: The House majority is pursuing legislation this week that makes...

CEPR: Proposals Raising the Normal Retirement Age for Social Security Would Lead to Increase in Inequality
April 11, 2012
Washington, D.C. April 11, 2012 - Social Security remains the most important source of income for most Americans in their retirement. Nonetheless, there are many...

Fact Sheet on Effect of Chairman Ryan’s Budget on Medicaid
March 21, 2012
March 20, 2012 - On March 20, 2012, Chairman Paul Ryan introduced the Republican budget for FY 2013. This budget contains enormous cuts to the Medicaid program,...

Robert Greenstein: Ryan budget is Robin Hood in reverse
March 26, 2012
March 21, 2012 - The new Ryan budget is a remarkable document — one that, for most of the past half-century, would have been outside the bounds of mainstream...

Robert Reich | Corporations Don’t Need a Tax Cut, So Why is Obama Proposing One?
February 23, 2012
Feb. 22, 2012 - The Obama administration is proposing to lower corporate taxes from the current 35 percent to 28 percent for most companies and to 25 percent for...

Reid budget plan would save more $$$ than Boehner, CBO finds
July 27, 2011
From the truth is stranger than fiction department: “Senate proposal to lift the legal limit on the national debt would slice $2.2 trillion from the federal...

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Our View: Is income really more unequal?
November 01, 2011 | AppealDemocrat
Congressional Budget Office study has claimed that between 1979 and 2007 after-tax income for richest households grew substantially more than it did for others. Let's look at...

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Obama Pushing Congress To Spend Billions More For Stimulus 2
May 14, 2012 | Wake up America
In November 2011, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) admitted that Obama's first stimulus plan cost more than was originally projected, did less and harmed...

Esther Cepeda: It's still just a DREAM
May 03, 2012 | indystar.com
Back in 2010, immigrant advocacy groups touted a Congressional Budget Office report that claimed the House version of the DREAM Act would actually reduce deficits by about $2.2...

Doak: Why can't politicians tell the truth?
April 29, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
It's evident that his years of experience have also given him the know-how of seeking out the true facts, whether they come from the Congressional Budget Office, Bureau of...

Senate panel OKs farm bill that would cut subsidies
April 27, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
'' The Senate bill would save $24.7 billion during the next decade, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, with much of it coming through crop subsidy cuts....

Nuclear payment plan divisive in other states
April 24, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
'' The Congressional Budget Office has reported that the costs for 75 nuclear plants on which construction started from 1966 to 1977 averaged 207 percent of the original estimate...

Senate panel OKs farm bill despite concern from Southern lawmakers
April 26, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
' -- The Senate bill would save $24.7 billion during the next decade, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, with much of it coming through crop subsidy cuts...

Congressional Budget Office on twitter

	Fascinating Congressional Budget Office infographic on energy security: http://t.co/ghZeX84n Twitter: @redchuckprod
	Congressional Budget Office released report titled "Energy Security in the United States." Infographic included http://t.co/YkqZNGI8 Twitter: @npsCHDS
	Congressional Budget Office & JCT estimated HR 5652 would “reduce deficits by $15.3 billion over the 2012-2013 period.” http://t.co/Ing5iH5Z Twitter: @NYSEadvocacy
	Johnny Loughry liked Congressional Budget Office Reports First Monthly Surplus in 3 Years: Thanks to a 10 percent… http://t.co/NS9KOC8I Twitter: @cursored
	RT @tkmceachin: From Carl Reed, "According to the Congressional Budget Office, by 2038 government spending will be 50% of GDP.... http://t.co/R7esBVf5 Twitter: @nancyvaden
	From Carl Reed, "According to the Congressional Budget Office, by 2038 government spending will be 50% of GDP.... http://t.co/R7esBVf5 Twitter: @tkmceachin

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CBO: ObamaCare Kills Jobs
February 11, 2011

CBO: President's Speech Not A Serious Budget Plan
June 23, 2011

Obamacare's Broken Promises: Do New Budget Numbers Show True Cost of Health Care Legislation?
March 16, 2012

Congressional Budget Office Books

Community/Public Health Nursing Practice: Health for Families and Populations, 4e
Frances A. Maurer RN C MS, $69.81

The Benefit and The Burden: Tax Reform-Why We Need It and What It Will Take
Bruce Bartlett, $12.24

Health Policy Issues: An Economic Perspective
Paul J. Feldstein, $76.88

Inside National Health Reform (California/Milbank Books on Health and the Public)
John E. McDonough, $20.97

Land of Promise: An Economic History of the United States
Michael Lind, $12.93

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