We Wish You a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays
The Budget Brigade would like to wish you all a great holiday season and a super New Year. We would also like to thank all of our readers for following our work supporting us in 2008. We will be on...
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56 National Organizations Oppose More Tax Cuts for Millionaires
The House and Senate are debating the FY 2010 budget resolution on the floor this week and in anticipation of regressive amendments that would expand the cut to the estate tax enacted under the Bush...
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Long Overdue Outrage Over the Anti-Estate Tax Crowd
Both the New York Times and the Washington Post ran lead editorials this morning denouncing the attempt of Sens. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) and Jon Kyl (R-AZ) to give yet another tax cut to the children of...
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Senate (sort of) Passes Estate Tax Cut
Well, the U.S. Senate is a mysterious thing. The Lincoln/Kyl estate tax amendment to reward the children of multi-millionaires passed last night - 51 - 48. But there's a caveat. The Senate also passed...
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CTJ and RRAN Call for Funding Health Care through Responsible Tax Reform
This morning, Citizens for Tax Justice (CTJ), in conjunction with Rebuild & Renew America Now (RRAN), a tax policy group, released a report outlining two tax reform proposals devised to help pay...
View ArticleA Letter to Congress: PAYGO Legislation an Encouraging Start
This afternoon, OMB Watch submitted a letter to all members of the House of Representatives, encouraging them to support the "Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2009" ("PAYGO"). Introduced by House...
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Experts Foresee Disturbing Trend out of Recent Census Data
With yesterday's release of the Census Bureau's report on income, poverty, and health insurance coverage for Americans in 2008, most economists and analysts agree that while the numbers are bad, next...
View ArticleOMB Watch Criticizes House Vote on Estate Tax Amendment
PRESS RELEASE-For Immediate Release- December 17, 2010Contact: Brian Gumm, (202) 683-4812, bgumm@ombwatch.orgOMB Watch Criticizes House Vote on Estate Tax AmendmentWASHINGTON, Dec. 17, 2010—OMB Watch...
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The Threat to Our Democracy from the Debt Ceiling Deal
Bob Greenstein, president of the well-respected Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), lays out the broader consequence of the self-inflicted debt ceiling crisis and, in short, it's a...
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Buffett is Right, the Rich Should Pay More in Taxes
Warren Buffett's op-ed last week calling on Congress to raise taxes on the wealthy has struck a nerve with conservatives, stirring charges of class warfare and zingers about how the billionaire...
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Sequestering Meals on Wheels Could Cost the Nation $489 Million per Year
Read the full text of Sequestering Meals on Wheels Could Cost the Nation $489 Million per Year [PDF, 73 KB]Sequestering Meals on Wheels funds could cost taxpayers far more than it saves. While...
View ArticlePlatinum-Plated Pensions
Read the full text of Platinum-Plated Pensions [PDF, 920 KB]Read the Los Angeles Times op-ed on the report from the Center for Effective Government's Scott KlingerIn the current budget debate, the...
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Expiring Help for the Unemployed or Expiring Tax Breaks: What Will Congress...
December was a tough month for those down on their luck. More than a million long-term unemployed workers, having already been out of work for at least six months, saw their unemployment insurance...
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Long Overdue: Obama to Raise Minimum Wage for Federal Contractor Employees
In advance of his State of the Union speech tonight, the White House announced President Barack Obama will sign an executive order – which does not require congressional approval – to raise the wage...
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Information for Economic Opportunity: Ensuring Equal Pay through Transparency
Related ResourcesExecutive Order to Promote Pay Equality for Women Today is Equal Pay Day, the date representing how far into the new year the average woman would have to work in order to earn the same...
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The Veterans Affairs Scandal and Plans for Downsizing the Social Security...
originally posted by Dean Baker, Center for Economic and Policy Research, on June 2, 2014The media have been rightly focusing their attention on the long waiting lists for veterans seeking medical...
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What is this Country about Anymore?
This op-ed was originally published by OtherWordsWhen Congress cut off long-term unemployment aid, it left more than 3 million people in the lurch.Meet Mark. He's a 58 year old, college-educated...
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