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Center on 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 on Budget and Policy Priorities has hosted 4 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 2001 News Conference. The year with the highest average number of views per video was 2015 with an average of 1,266 views per video. Most appearances with Robert Greenstein (4), Charles Kolb (2), Robert L. Bixby (2). Most common tags: Federal Budget, Budget Deficit.

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    Economic Growth and Employment

    Former Federal Reserve Board Chair Ben Bernanke gave the keynote speech at a Center on Budget and Policy Priorities forum on …

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    U.S. Fiscal Policy

    The Brookings Institute and New America Foundation and other Public Policy institutions hosted a forum on Fiscal Policy. Sena…

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    Budget Outlook

    Participants talked about the federal budget outlook for the following year and the long-term effects of budget deficits on t…

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    Social Security Reforms

    Participants talked about three separate reports on proposed Social Security reforms and the drawbacks to privatization of in…

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