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Reality-Based Assistance for Troubled Communities and Regions

Americans appear deeply divided, in part because they are experiencing vastly different economic outcomes based on where they live. What causes these regional disparities? How...

October 12, 2018Tracy Gordon

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On Raising a Rate...

Sanders won’t raise the top rate to 90 percent. In their Saturday night debate, Democrats spent much of their time talking about foreign policy, terrorism, and Wall Street. But there were a few tax-related sound bites. Perhaps the most interesting: Bernie Sanders said he would not raise the top

November 16, 2015Renu Zaretsky

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"The Long and Winding Road... Will Never Disappear..."

The Senate’s six-year highway bill inches forward, after dropping a Social Security provision. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell won 14 Democrats’ votes for the bill after he agreed to drop a $2.3 billion offset. The money would have come from barring people with felony warrants from getting Social

July 24, 2015Renu Zaretsky

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Highway Drama Drives Contingency Planning

Still on the Hill: Extenders and highway funding drama. Today, the Senate Finance Committee is expected to mark-up its proposed restoration of expired tax breaks , and the full Senate plans to hold a procedural vote on highway funding legislation. Congress faces increasing pressure to move quickly

July 21, 2015Renu Zaretsky

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Deals, Deferrals, and Saving

The GOP is putting the finishing touches on the first budget resolution in a decade. The Hill reports that an agreement could be voted on by the end of the week. The Associated Press reports that the final resolution will reportedly drop the House provision to move part of Medicare to a premium-

April 28, 2015Renu Zaretsky