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- Off the Charts Blog: Senator Vitter Offers — and Senate Democrats Accept — Stunning Amendment With Racially Tinged Impacts
- Off the Charts Blog: Critics of Obama Tax Subsidy Proposal Miss Key Points
- Off the Charts Blog: Fears of Widespread “Rate Shock” Unfounded
- Off the Charts Blog: Projected Medicare and Medicaid Spending Has Fallen by $900 Billion
- Off the Charts Blog: New Renters' Credit Should Complement Existing Housing Development Credit
- Off the Charts Blog: Distribution Estimates Critical to Tax Reform Efforts
- Off the Charts Blog: Facts on SNAP, Part 4: SNAP Responded to the Recession and Will Shrink as the Economy Improves
- Off the Charts Blog: North Carolina Should Reinstate Its EITC
- House Agriculture Committee Farm Bill Would Cut Nearly 2 Million People off SNAP
- Off the Charts Blog: Coming Cuts to Safety Net Hospitals Reinforce Importance of Medicaid Expansion
- Off the Charts Blog: House Agriculture Committee Proposal Would Force 2 Million People Off SNAP
- Off the Charts Blog: The Facts on SNAP, Part 3: SNAP Is Efficient
- Off the Charts Blog: “Debt Prioritization” = Default by Another Name
- Off the Charts Blog: The Facts on SNAP, Part 2: SNAP Supports Work
- Paul Van de Water Testimony: Health Reform's Health Insurance Tax
- Off the Charts Blog: What You Need to Know About International Tax Reform Options
- Tax Credits for Lower-Income Working Families Help 21 Million Mothers
- Off the Charts Blog: The Facts on SNAP, Part 1: SNAP Provides Modest Benefits to Vulnerable People
- Medicaid Per Capita Cap Would Shift Costs to States and Undermine Key Part of Health Reform
- Off the Charts Blog: The Case for Fairer Sales Tax Rules
- Off the Charts Blog: New Study from Treasury Analysts Highlights Risk of Corporate Tax Reform Trap
- Off the Charts Blog: Bernstein Debates State Taxes and Economic Growth: Live
- Off the Charts Blog: Bernstein: How to Reconnect Economic Growth and Jobs
- Off the Charts Blog: After Reinhart-Rogoff, Reflections on the Relationship Between U.S. Debt and Economic Growth
- Statement by Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on the April Employment Report
- Off the Charts Blog: SNAP Will Take a Hit Even Before the Farm Bill Battle Begins
- Off the Charts Blog: Why the FAA Vote Isn't a Model for Dealing with Sequestration
- Off the Charts Blog: Tax Reform Reality Check
- Off the Charts Blog: User-Friendly Applications Will Help Uninsured Gain Coverage
- Off the Charts Blog: Three Facts About EITC Overpayments
- Reducing Overpayments in the Earned Income Tax Credit
- Off the Charts Blog: Friedman and Parrott: The President's Budget Achieves Substantial Deficit Reduction and Largely Protects Low-Income Americans
- Off the Charts Blog: Congress Addresses Flight Delays But Leaves Other Sequestration Problems Unsolved
- Off the Charts Blog: Not Much “Shock” in CareFirst's Proposed 2014 Maryland Health Insurance Rates
- Off the Charts Blog: Swapping State Income Taxes for Bigger Sales Taxes Would Make Tax Systems Even Less Fair
- Off the Charts Blog: Medicaid Expansion Would Not Collapse Private Insurance
- Off the Charts Blog: Fairer Sales Tax Rules Take a Big Step Forward
- Commentary: Think Obama's Medicare Savings Aren't Significant? Take a Closer Look.
- Chained CPI Proposal Would Cut Social Security Retirement Benefits by About 2 Percent, on Average
- Policy Basics: State Supermajority Rules to Raise Revenues
- Off the Charts Blog: Looking for Common Ground in the Income Tax Debate
- Off the Charts Blog: Want More Low-Income Workers to Have Health Coverage? Expand Medicaid.
- The Earned Income Tax Credit and Refundable Child Tax Credit in Rural America
- Fact Sheet: The Earned Income Tax Credit and Refundable Child Tax Credit in Rural America
- Strategies to Address the State Tax Volatility Problem
- Off the Charts Blog: Benefits of the Earned Income Tax Credit Extend to the Next Generation
- Off the Charts Blog: SSI, Helping the Poorest Elderly and Disabled Americans
- Off the Charts Blog: President's Budget Leaves Little Room for Further Compromise
- Off the Charts Blog: Helping Consumers Choose the Right Health Plan Under Health Reform
- Off the Charts Blog: Not So Hale and Hearty: Explaining Disability Rates in One Alabama County
- Off the Charts Blog: Proposal to Delay DSH Cuts No Reason Not to Expand Medicaid
- Off the Charts Blog: In Case You Missed It
- Off the Charts Blog: Debating Foreign Tax Havens
- Off the Charts Blog: Four Governors Whose Radical Tax Plans Have Taken a Beating (and Why They're Not Giving Up Yet)
- President Obama's Deficit-Reduction Package and Other Proposals in the 2014 Budget
- Off the Charts Blog: Brownback's Claims Wilt Under Scrutiny
- Statement by Robert Greenstein, President, on President Obama's FY 2014 Budget
- Off the Charts Blog: President's Budget Affirms That Washington Will Pay Nearly All the Costs of Expanding Medicaid
- Off the Charts Blog: New Study Makes Headlines About “Rate Shock” But Sows Confusion
- Commentary: The Debate Over the Chained CPI
- Off the Charts Blog: Who's Serious About Getting a Budget Deal?
- Off the Charts Blog: Most Deficit Savings Have Come from Program Cuts
- Off the Charts Blog: Some (Relatively) Good News in Today's Jobs Report
- Statement by Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on the March Employment Report
- Off the Charts Blog: Ryan Budget, Not Medicaid, Creates a Two-Tiered Health Care System
- Off the Charts Blog: No Surprise, Disability Beneficiaries Experience High Death Rates
- Mortgage Interest Deduction Is Ripe for Reform
- Off the Charts Blog: Administration Did Not Reverse a Proposed New Cut to Medicare Advantage Plans
- Tax Foundation Figures Do Not Represent Typical Households' Tax Burdens
- Off the Charts Blog: Four Reasons Not to Move to Biennial Budgeting
- Sequestration Could Deny Rental Assistance to 140,000 Low-Income Families
- Off the Charts Blog: Bernstein on Investing in Public Goods
- Off the Charts Blog: Avoiding the Corporate Tax Reform Trap
- Off the Charts Blog: Economics of Risky Tax Proposals Don't Add Up
- Off the Charts Blog: State Eligibility Changes Not Major Factor in SNAP's Growth
- Off the Charts Blog: The Tax Code's Foreign Tilt
- The Value of TANF Cash Benefits Continued to Erode in 2012
- Off the Charts Blog: SSI Provides Critical Support for Disabled Kids and Their Families
- Ryan Budget Would Shift Substantial Costs To States and Localities
- Ryan Block Grant Proposal Would Cut Medicaid by Nearly One-Third by 2023 and More After That
- Off the Charts Blog: The State of Disability
- Off the Charts Blog: Senate Calls for Level Playing Field for Main Street Retailers
- Off the Charts Blog: Claim About Health Reform “Rate Shock” Is “Unfounded,” Urban Analysis Finds
- Ryan Roundup 2013: Everything You Need to Know About Chairman Ryan's Latest Budget
- Off the Charts Blog: Ryan Budget Would Make Safety Net Less Effective in Promoting and Supporting Work
- A Technical Assessment of SNAP and Medicaid Financial Eligibility Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
- Ryan Budget Would Undermine Safety Net's Work Supports
- Sequestration by the Numbers
- State Personal Income Tax Cuts: A Poor Strategy for Economic Growth
- Off the Charts Blog: Putting Housing Money Where the Need Is
- Commentary: Why Balancing the Budget by the End of the Decade Is Not the Right Goal
- Off the Charts Blog: Setting the Record Straight: Safety Net Dollars Go to People — Not Red Tape
- Off the Charts Blog: The Ryan Budget's Skewed Tax Cuts
- Off the Charts Blog: Ruffing: Pending Insolvency of Disability Insurance Expected and Should Be Addressed
- Testimony of Kathy A. Ruffing Senior Fellow, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Before the Subcommittee on Social Security Committee on Ways and Means U.S. House of Representatives
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- Off the Charts Blog: Senator Vitter Offers — and Senate Democrats Accept — Stunning Amendment With Racially Tinged Impacts
- Off the Charts Blog: Critics of Obama Tax Subsidy Proposal Miss Key Points
- Off the Charts Blog: Fears of Widespread “Rate Shock” Unfounded
- Off the Charts Blog: Projected Medicare and Medicaid Spending Has Fallen by $900 Billion
- Off the Charts Blog: New Renters' Credit Should Complement Existing Housing Development Credit
- Off the Charts Blog: Distribution Estimates Critical to Tax Reform Efforts
- Off the Charts Blog: Facts on SNAP, Part 4: SNAP Responded to the Recession and Will Shrink as the Economy Improves
- Off the Charts Blog: North Carolina Should Reinstate Its EITC
- House Agriculture Committee Farm Bill Would Cut Nearly 2 Million People off SNAP
- Off the Charts Blog: Coming Cuts to Safety Net Hospitals Reinforce Importance of Medicaid Expansion
- Off the Charts Blog: House Agriculture Committee Proposal Would Force 2 Million People Off SNAP
- Off the Charts Blog: The Facts on SNAP, Part 3: SNAP Is Efficient
- Off the Charts Blog: “Debt Prioritization” = Default by Another Name
- Off the Charts Blog: The Facts on SNAP, Part 2: SNAP Supports Work
- Paul Van de Water Testimony: Health Reform's Health Insurance Tax
- Off the Charts Blog: What You Need to Know About International Tax Reform Options
- Tax Credits for Lower-Income Working Families Help 21 Million Mothers
- Off the Charts Blog: The Facts on SNAP, Part 1: SNAP Provides Modest Benefits to Vulnerable People
- Medicaid Per Capita Cap Would Shift Costs to States and Undermine Key Part of Health Reform
- Off the Charts Blog: The Case for Fairer Sales Tax Rules
- Off the Charts Blog: New Study from Treasury Analysts Highlights Risk of Corporate Tax Reform Trap
- Off the Charts Blog: Bernstein Debates State Taxes and Economic Growth: Live
- Off the Charts Blog: Bernstein: How to Reconnect Economic Growth and Jobs
- Off the Charts Blog: After Reinhart-Rogoff, Reflections on the Relationship Between U.S. Debt and Economic Growth
- Statement by Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on the April Employment Report
- Off the Charts Blog: SNAP Will Take a Hit Even Before the Farm Bill Battle Begins
- Off the Charts Blog: Why the FAA Vote Isn't a Model for Dealing with Sequestration
- Off the Charts Blog: Tax Reform Reality Check
- Off the Charts Blog: User-Friendly Applications Will Help Uninsured Gain Coverage
- Off the Charts Blog: Three Facts About EITC Overpayments
- Reducing Overpayments in the Earned Income Tax Credit
- Off the Charts Blog: Friedman and Parrott: The President's Budget Achieves Substantial Deficit Reduction and Largely Protects Low-Income Americans
- Off the Charts Blog: Congress Addresses Flight Delays But Leaves Other Sequestration Problems Unsolved
- Off the Charts Blog: Not Much “Shock” in CareFirst's Proposed 2014 Maryland Health Insurance Rates
- Off the Charts Blog: Swapping State Income Taxes for Bigger Sales Taxes Would Make Tax Systems Even Less Fair
- Off the Charts Blog: Medicaid Expansion Would Not Collapse Private Insurance
- Off the Charts Blog: Fairer Sales Tax Rules Take a Big Step Forward
- Commentary: Think Obama's Medicare Savings Aren't Significant? Take a Closer Look.
- Chained CPI Proposal Would Cut Social Security Retirement Benefits by About 2 Percent, on Average
- Policy Basics: State Supermajority Rules to Raise Revenues
- Off the Charts Blog: Looking for Common Ground in the Income Tax Debate
- Off the Charts Blog: Want More Low-Income Workers to Have Health Coverage? Expand Medicaid.
- The Earned Income Tax Credit and Refundable Child Tax Credit in Rural America
- Fact Sheet: The Earned Income Tax Credit and Refundable Child Tax Credit in Rural America
- Strategies to Address the State Tax Volatility Problem
- Off the Charts Blog: Benefits of the Earned Income Tax Credit Extend to the Next Generation
- Off the Charts Blog: SSI, Helping the Poorest Elderly and Disabled Americans
- Off the Charts Blog: President's Budget Leaves Little Room for Further Compromise
- Off the Charts Blog: Helping Consumers Choose the Right Health Plan Under Health Reform
- Off the Charts Blog: Not So Hale and Hearty: Explaining Disability Rates in One Alabama County
- Off the Charts Blog: Proposal to Delay DSH Cuts No Reason Not to Expand Medicaid
- Off the Charts Blog: In Case You Missed It
- Off the Charts Blog: Debating Foreign Tax Havens
- Off the Charts Blog: Four Governors Whose Radical Tax Plans Have Taken a Beating (and Why They're Not Giving Up Yet)
- President Obama's Deficit-Reduction Package and Other Proposals in the 2014 Budget
- Off the Charts Blog: Brownback's Claims Wilt Under Scrutiny
- Statement by Robert Greenstein, President, on President Obama's FY 2014 Budget
- Off the Charts Blog: President's Budget Affirms That Washington Will Pay Nearly All the Costs of Expanding Medicaid
- Off the Charts Blog: New Study Makes Headlines About “Rate Shock” But Sows Confusion
- Commentary: The Debate Over the Chained CPI
- Off the Charts Blog: Who's Serious About Getting a Budget Deal?
- Off the Charts Blog: Most Deficit Savings Have Come from Program Cuts
- Off the Charts Blog: Some (Relatively) Good News in Today's Jobs Report
- Statement by Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on the March Employment Report
- Off the Charts Blog: Ryan Budget, Not Medicaid, Creates a Two-Tiered Health Care System
- Off the Charts Blog: No Surprise, Disability Beneficiaries Experience High Death Rates
- Mortgage Interest Deduction Is Ripe for Reform
- Off the Charts Blog: Administration Did Not Reverse a Proposed New Cut to Medicare Advantage Plans
- Tax Foundation Figures Do Not Represent Typical Households' Tax Burdens
- Off the Charts Blog: Four Reasons Not to Move to Biennial Budgeting
- Sequestration Could Deny Rental Assistance to 140,000 Low-Income Families
- Off the Charts Blog: Bernstein on Investing in Public Goods
- Off the Charts Blog: Avoiding the Corporate Tax Reform Trap
- Off the Charts Blog: Economics of Risky Tax Proposals Don't Add Up
- Off the Charts Blog: State Eligibility Changes Not Major Factor in SNAP's Growth
- Off the Charts Blog: The Tax Code's Foreign Tilt
- The Value of TANF Cash Benefits Continued to Erode in 2012
- Off the Charts Blog: SSI Provides Critical Support for Disabled Kids and Their Families
- Ryan Budget Would Shift Substantial Costs To States and Localities
- Ryan Block Grant Proposal Would Cut Medicaid by Nearly One-Third by 2023 and More After That
- Off the Charts Blog: The State of Disability
- Off the Charts Blog: Senate Calls for Level Playing Field for Main Street Retailers
- Off the Charts Blog: Claim About Health Reform “Rate Shock” Is “Unfounded,” Urban Analysis Finds
- Ryan Roundup 2013: Everything You Need to Know About Chairman Ryan's Latest Budget
- Off the Charts Blog: Ryan Budget Would Make Safety Net Less Effective in Promoting and Supporting Work
- A Technical Assessment of SNAP and Medicaid Financial Eligibility Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
- Ryan Budget Would Undermine Safety Net's Work Supports
- Sequestration by the Numbers
- State Personal Income Tax Cuts: A Poor Strategy for Economic Growth
- Off the Charts Blog: Putting Housing Money Where the Need Is
- Commentary: Why Balancing the Budget by the End of the Decade Is Not the Right Goal
- Off the Charts Blog: Setting the Record Straight: Safety Net Dollars Go to People — Not Red Tape
- Off the Charts Blog: The Ryan Budget's Skewed Tax Cuts
- Off the Charts Blog: Ruffing: Pending Insolvency of Disability Insurance Expected and Should Be Addressed
- Testimony of Kathy A. Ruffing Senior Fellow, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Before the Subcommittee on Social Security Committee on Ways and Means U.S. House of Representatives
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- Sen. Mike Duffy calls for public inquiry into his expenses
- U.S. at crossroads as new kind of terrorism emerges, President Barack Obama says
- Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s ‘apology’ for Senate mess a day late, a dollar short
- Stephen Harper passes on Pacific Alliance but vows to maintain close relations with Americas
- Senate expenses: Pressure builds for senators, MPs to disclose expenses as ministers do
- Silicon Valley billboard luring entrepreneurs cost Canada $16K
- Gift cards, free T-shirts could motivate more Canadians to give “gift of life”
- This bud’s for you: Marijuana identified as a buffer against loneliness, study suggests
- Jockeying starts over making the Senate more accountable
- ‘Frustrated’ Stephen Harper says he’s ‘sorry’ for Senate spending affair
- Ottawa to push again for a national securities regulator
- Quebec Tory quits riding in frustration, says Conservatives are ignoring base
- Experts urge tighter controls on use of antipsychotics
- Wife of man killed after test drive says she is broken as part of her is gone
- Your guide to the Senate spending scandal
- Oh, baby! Researchers explore symbolic meaning behind infant-feeding choices
- Tories target Tom Mulcair for not revealing meeting with former Laval mayor Gilles Vaillancourt
- Omg, that is so CUTE! Study investigates favourite female adjective
- Sen. Pamela Wallin leaving Conservative caucus, as Harper signals he’s losing patience
- Stephen Harper and chief of staff Nigel Wright under growing scrutiny over Senate-expense scandal
- Football officials not doing enough to stop violence, drug use, book says
- Supreme Court upholds acquittal of Saskatchewan woman who left baby in Walmart toilet
- Baptism record that solved mystery of Samuel de Champlain’s birth arrives in Canada for 400th anniversary exhibit
- Sex assault hits ‘crisis’ point in U.S. military
- Stephen Harper stands by chief of staff Nigel Wright
- Mike Duffy’s future in Conservative politics shrouded in doubt
- Sen. Patrick Brazeau demands ‘clear answers’ from Senate committee on expenses
- Postmedia News science writer Margaret Munro wins national science award for story on endangered bumble bees
- Jason Kenney sets sights on immigrant entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley
- Stephen Harper touts Keystone XL pipeline in New York, downplays oilsands emissions
- Melting glaciers in Canada’s Arctic stoking sea-level rise
- Chris Hadfield, global sensation, got there with lots of Canadian help that may not be there in the future
- IRS scandal storms into White House
- Nigel Wright, Stephen Harper’s right-hand man, faced conflict-of-interest controversies before
- Federal NDP taking stock after abysmal showing in B.C. election
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- Tuition requests slashed, UA chancellors view budget options
- State to request waiver allowing private option in August
- Legislators express surprise: Idaho insurance exchange looks to feds for assistance
- Barnes says Rep. Brooks broke no laws
- State reports brisk sales of new parks passport
- Census: Idaho growth again concentrated in cities
- Kentucky short 3,800 doctors even before Medicaid expansion
- Otter defends ID exchange's use of fed computers
- Judge allows challenge to Kentucky health care exchange to proceed
- Neighbor island economies join recovery
- Even after APEC, perception problem lingers
- Saving Delaware's coast from sea-level rise
- Critics doubtful of DHHL promises
- Vog clogs airways
- Common Core standards for education are challenged
- Higher bar set for education in Delaware
- Parnell offers $50M in state funds for ANWR seismic work
- Rep. Don Young, on Africa hunting trip, misses hearing on Alaska oil legislation
- Voter cast ballots in Alaska and another state during November election, official says
- Alaska Housing Finance Corp. to ban smoking in many of its units
- Jindal officials say public hospital privatization is ahead of schedule, more expensive
- Grand jury looking at possible criminal activity in state Medicaid contract
- Brownback vetoes bill expanding Kansas raffles
- California health exchange reveals premium costs, insurers
- Kansas Senate passes plan to cut sales tax on groceries
- Brownback to Kansas Legislature: Shut it down
- Jefferson Parish hospitals could be leased without referendum under bill headed to governor's desk
- Gov. Bobby Jindal signs first bills of 2013 legislative session into law
- Gessler repays state for political trips, mulls governor's race
- California car sales jump in the first quarter
- Saudi man in Tom Clements probe to appear before Colorado parole board
- Senate subcommittee rejects CalHR request for tech funding
- Tancredo's in, Gessler is deciding on run against Hickenlooper in 2014
- Death penalty debate focuses on Colo. governor's view of flawed system
- Colorado parole audit expanded to cover budget issues
- Idaho Power to cut emissions, still use coal
- California picks 13 health plans for state-run insurance market
- Tax bills fail to advance out of California Senate committee
- Former Balto. Co. exec Smith in talks for transportation job
- Harris calls for expanded audit of education spending
- Controversial LePage education proposals earn bipartisan opposition in committee
- Lawmakers favor limits on use of ethanol in motor fuels
- LePage delivers instant veto after hospital debt, Medicaid bill passes Senate
- LePage tells legislative leaders he’s moving out of State House because of ‘censorship’
- Lawmaker has solution to low voter turnout in Los Angeles
- Progress made in welfare changes, Patrick administration says
- State rejects Oakland’s redevelopment deals — $32.5 million in refunds
- Environmentalists question whether Gov. Jerry Brown's actions match his rhetoric
- Stark overtones in ’11 Waltham killings
- Gov. Brown keeps pressing climate change crusade
- Bill would protect Calif. reporters' phone records
- Boston teachers receive high ratings
- Records law changes face opposition
- Brown administration says prison complaints are blame-shifting
- Taxes stall in Senate Committee; gun control bills move forward
- Assembly passes several election-related bills
- Number of bills on Assembly suspense file vary for lawmakers
- L.A. mayor: Villaraigosa, Garcetti promise 'seamless transition'
- Florida pays off federal loan used to keep unemployment benefits flowing
- Gov. Rick Snyder discusses Medicaid expansion, other topics during Washington trip
- State legislative chambers to get new carpets, technology upgrades
- Lawmaker seeks to make state office to help small businesses
- Murder suspect’s death and accusations against him shock Kissimmee neighbors
- Michigan lawmaker accused of sexual harassment
- Lawmakers to review online ISTEP woes, land banks, casino money
- Statehouse memorial honors late Indiana Gov. Bowen
- Indiana lawmakers returning to consider overriding Governor Pence veto
- Indiana Gov. Mike Pence urges Congress to vote on media shield law
- Indiana lawmakers to review ISTEP test troubles
- Illinois House introduces less restrictive gun bill
- Illinois concealed carry bill heads to House floor
- Supreme Court rules that state can refuse to foot prosecutor's legal bill
- Quinn, Emanuel lash out at Madigan gun bill
- Iowa Senate OKs health, human services bill before adjourning
- House passes property tax reform to cap 'banner year'
- House takes final action on health care for 150,000
- Lawmakers OK repayment of $116 million in state bonds
- Legislature ends session on high note
- Bill passes, imposes fines for letting bamboo run wild
- State Senate approves minimum-wage bill
- Senate, House wrangling over state's first-in-the-nation GMO labeling
- Immigration unites, then divides House
- House compromises on labeling of genetically modified foods
- Franks aims to take abortion limits national, despite court ruling on state law
- Arizona House non-prayer sparks Christian re-do
- Brewer follows through on threat, vetoes bills
- Threats, vetoes fly as tensions rise over Medicaid expansion
- U.S. House panel considers abortion bill
- D.C. opens a door for charter schools
- States' rift on taxes widens
- 11 insurers want to play ball in Colorado's marketplace
- California puts tentative price on health policies under new law
- Defense in Trayvon Martin case raises questions about the victim's character
- Civil rights firebrand's fraud case in Georgia has others treading softly
- Gun manufacturers say assault weapons ban may push them out of Connecitcut