Congressional Budget Office
Sen. Sanders: Pass $15 Minimum Wage Through Budget Reconciliation
Photo: YouTube Today, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following response to a Congressional Budget Office study on the budgetary ...
COVID-19: Insurer Practices Limit Access to Critical Mental Health Care
[Rep. Kennedy\Health] Rep Kennedy: “Sadly, insurance companies are exacerbating the mental health impact of the pandemic by making it needlessly difficult for patients to ...
How Raising Minimum Wage Helps African American Community Without Creating Job Losses
Economist Dr. William E. Spriggs As states, cities and municipalities across the country raise wages to improve the lives of working people, it is ...
Toward The Looming US Fiscal Crisis
Lee Hamilton A couple of months ago, the Congressional Budget Office issued a sobering report on the U.S. economy’s long-term prospects. Not to put ...
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Saved/Created Six Million Jobs — White House
Jason Furman The Fifth Anniversary of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Five years ago, on February 17, 2009, less than a month into ...
Domestic Enemy: The Republicans’ Government Shutdown Vs. Obama’s Accomplishments
John Boehner, House Speaker, won’t let Congress vote on Continuing Resolution to fund government [Beneath The Spin] A Republican recently told me that President ...
