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Center for Budget and Policy Priorities

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is an American think tank that analyzes the impact of federal and state government budget policies from a progressive viewpoint. The Center's stated mission is to "conduct research and analysis to help shape public debates over proposed budget and tax policies and to help ensure that policymakers consider the needs of low-income families and individuals in these debates. Wikipedia*

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Center for Budget and Policy Priorities has hosted 10 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 1991 Forum. The year with the most events was 1995 with five events. The year with the highest average number of views per video was 2005 with an average of 56 views per video. Most appearances with Robert Greenstein (10), Iris J. Lav (4), Isaac Shapiro (3). Most common tags: Tax Policy, Federal Budget.

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    Budget Outlook

    Participants talked to reporters about the president’s proposed budget, assistance to the needy, faith-based programs, and ma…

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    Social Security Reform

    The speakers talked about three plans introducing Social Security reform. They explained the benefits of Social Security with…

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    Tax Cut Proposals

    Participants examined President Clinton’s tax cut proposal and the congressional tax cut proposals. They evaluated the presid…

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    Deficit Reduction Burden

    The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities hosted a discussion on deficit reduction measures enacted during the 104th Congres…

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