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CBO's regular budget publications include semiannual reports on the budget and economic outlook, annual reports analyzing the President’s budget and discussing the long-term budget picture, and a biannual set of options for reducing budget deficits. CBO also prepares cost estimates and mandate statements for nearly every bill that is reported by a Congressional committee. Numerous analytic studies provide more in-depth analysis of specific budgetary issues.

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Projected Spending and Revenues in Historical Context

posted by Doug Elmendorf on March 28, 2013

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  • Sequestration Update Report: August 2012

    August 09, 2012
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Final Sequestration Report for Fiscal Year 2013

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March 27, 2013


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Changes in Discretionary Funding During the Past Few Years

posted by Doug Elmendorf on March 26, 2013

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Answers to Questions from Members of Congress

posted by Doug Elmendorf on March 25, 2013

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The Accuracy of CBO’s Budget Projections

posted by Doug Elmendorf on March 25, 2013

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  • H.R. 933, Consolidated and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013

    March 12, 2013
  • H.R. 933, the Department of Defense, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013

    March 04, 2013
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H.R. 933, the Consolidated and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013

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March 20, 2013

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  • Long-Term Implications of the 2013 Future Years Defense Program

    July 11, 2012
  • Costs of Military Pay and Benefits in the Defense Budget

    November 14, 2012
  • An Analysis of the Navy’s Fiscal Year 2013 Shipbuilding Plan

    July 25, 2012
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Approaches for Scaling Back the Defense Department’s Budget Plans

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March 18, 2013

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Snapshot of Guarantees of New Residential Mortgages

posted by Susanne Mehlman on March 15, 2013

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Snapshot of Guarantees of New Residential Mortgages

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March 15, 2013


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Snapshot of the Highway Trust Fund

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March 14, 2013


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