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Report
December 18, 2014
On average, the effective marginal tax rate on capital income is 18 percent, but that rate varies significantly by sector. In this report, CBO estimates effective rates under current law and eight policy options.
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Report
December 18, 2014
This report presents additional information about the long-term projections CBO made in July 2014 for Social Security’s revenues, outlays, and the distribution of benefits and taxes.
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Working Paper
December 17, 2014
More than 5,000 U.S. military personnel have died in Iraq and Afghanistan, and another 50,000 were wounded in action. A larger proportion of wounded personnel survived their wounds than was the case during the Vietnam War.
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Report
December 16, 2014
CBO analyzed possible transitions to four alternative market structures that involve choices about whether and how the government would continue to guarantee payment on mortgages and mortgage-backed securities.
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Blog Post
December 15, 2014
At a conference organized by the Brookings Institution, Director Doug Elmendorf discussed the ways in which CBO quantifies uncertainty and why most of the agency’s estimates are presented as point values.
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Presentation
December 15, 2014
Presentation by Doug Elmendorf, CBO Director, at the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy at the Brookings Institution.
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Blog Post
December 15, 2014
We are excited to announce the launch of several enhancements to our website! These new pages are designed to make it easier to find reports with policy options—for changing federal tax and spending policies—and to find answers to FAQs.
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Report
December 15, 2014
CBO estimates that the cost of the Navy’s 2015 shipbuilding plan—an average of about $21 billion per year (adjusted for inflation) over 30 years—would be one-third higher than the funding that the Navy has received in recent decades.
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Presentation
December 11, 2014
Presentation by David Austin, an Analyst in CBO’s Microeconomics Studies Division, at the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies’ Conference on the Role of Freight Transportation in Economic Competitiveness
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Cost Estimate
December 11, 2014
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on September 10, 2014
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Cost Estimate
December 11, 2014
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on September 18, 2014
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Report
December 10, 2014
Recent legislation calls for the Veterans Health Administration to expand the availability of health care to veterans. Research suggests that VHA-provided care has been cheaper than private-sector care, but future costs are uncertain.
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Cost Estimate
December 10, 2014
As posted on the website of the House Committee on Rules on December 9, 2014
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Cost Estimate
December 10, 2014
As posted on the website of the House Committee on Rules on December 9, 2014
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Report
December 9, 2014
CBO estimates that the development of shale resources will increase GDP by about two-thirds of 1 percent in 2020 and about 1 percent in 2040; the increases in GDP will lead to slightly larger percentage increases in federal revenues.
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Cost Estimate
December 9, 2014
As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on November 13, 2014
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Cost Estimate
December 9, 2014
As posted on the website of the House Committee on Rules on December 9, 2014
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Cost Estimate
December 9, 2014
As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on November 13, 2014
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Cost Estimate
December 9, 2014
As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on November 13, 2014
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Cost Estimate
December 9, 2014
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on November 19, 2014
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Cost Estimate
December 8, 2014
As posted on the website of the House Committee on Rules on December 5, 2014
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Cost Estimate
December 8, 2014
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on September 17, 2014
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Cost Estimate
December 8, 2014
As introduced on December 2, 2014
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Cost Estimate
December 8, 2014
As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on November 13, 2014
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Cost Estimate
December 8, 2014
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on September 18, 2014
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Report
December 5, 2014
The federal government’s budget deficit was $181 billion for the first two months of fiscal year 2015, $45 billion less than the shortfall recorded in October and November of last year, CBO estimates.
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Cost Estimate
December 4, 2014
As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on December 2, 2014
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Cost Estimate
December 4, 2014
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on November 20, 2014
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Cost Estimate
December 4, 2014
As posted on the website of the House Committee on Rules on December 2, 2014
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Cost Estimate
December 4, 2014
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on November 20, 2014