Biden Administration and Economic Policy
The Brookings Institution held a virtual discussion on economic and fiscal policy under the incoming Biden administration and 117th Congress. The panelists, which included former Treasury Se…
371 viewsThe Brookings Institution held a virtual discussion on economic and fiscal policy under the incoming Biden administration and 117th Congress. The panelists, which included former Treasury Se…
371 viewsEducation Secretary Betsy DeVos made remarks on education. Several students in the audience silently protested her appearance by raising their fists, snapping fingers, and holding up banners…
942 viewsThe House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee held a hearing on ways to improve the Affordable Care Act. The witnesses included a former deputy administrator at the Centers for Medicare…
820 viewsPanelists that included former Congressional Budget Office director Douglas Elmendorf talked about fiscal and budgetary policy. They focused on tax, immigration, and health care policies set…
336 viewsDouglas Elmendorf held a news conference on the Congressional Budget Office projected economic outlook and budget deficit spanning the period from 2015 to 2025. According to the report, the …
541 viewsCongressional Budget Office Director Doug Elmendorf and Robert Chote, the director of the United Kingdom’s Office of Budget Responsibility, participated in a panel discussion comparing the b…
270 viewsDouglas Elmendorf talked about a Congressional Budget Office report issued the previous day that suggested the federal budget deficit had fallen to $506 billion, less than one-third of what …
876 viewsCongressional Budget Office Director Doug Elmendorf held a press conference to unveil his agency’s report titled, An Update to the Budget and Economic Outlook: 2014 to 2024. He said the fede…
812 viewsBusiness, finance, and government officials, including Export-Import testified on the reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank. The hearing focused on on the role of the export credit agenc…
1,835 viewsDouglas Elmendorf testified at a House Budget Committee hearing on the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) annual report on the long-term budget outlook. CBO Director Elmendorf said the repo…
1,812 viewsCongressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Doug Elmendorf talked about his role as director and about the U.S. economy. He said the economy remains about 6 million jobs short of where it nee…
454 viewsCongressional Budget Office Director Douglas Elmendorf spoke at the 2014 National Association for Business Economics conference. Mr. Elmendorf, using many charts graphs, gave an in-depth pre…
290 viewsDoug Elmendorf answered reporters questions at a “Monitor Breakfast” held by the Christian Science Monitor at the St. Regis Hotel. Among his comments, he defended his Congressional Budge Off…
858 viewsDouglas Elmendorf testified on the Congressional Budget Office report The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2014 to 2024. Many questions dealth with the impact of the Affordable Care Act on peopl…
3,582 viewsDouglas Elmendorf testified on the 2014 federal budget and economic outlook. The Congressional Budget Office report showed that the federal budget deficit would decrease in the short term be…
6,718 viewsDoug Elmendorf testified before the House and Senate budget Conference Committee. He told members that even a short term agreement on spending levels would be better than no deal at all.
1,349 viewsDouglas Elmendorf testified on the latest Congressional Budget Office report on the long-term federal budget outlook. According to the report, the budget deficit will shrink to $378 billion …
375 viewsDoug Elmendorf spoke about the new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) release of its long-term budget outlook for the next 25 years. In his opening statement, he said the federal budget was o…
313 viewsCongressional Budget Office Director Douglas Elmendorf used charts as he talked about the budget outlook. He said putting the federal debt on “a sustainable path will ultimately require incr…
294 viewsDouglas Elmendorf testified on the 2013 federal budget and economic outlook. He predicted that economic growth would be slow during the year while unemployment would remain high, in part bec…
291 views