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10-Year Savings (Billions)
Stop Building Ford Class Aircraft Carriers
Dec 2020
$3
Limit Enrollment in the Department of Agriculture’s Conservation Programs
Dec 2020
$3, $5, $8
Change the Cost-Sharing Rules for Medicare and Restrict Medigap Insurance
Dec 2020
$33, $60, $92
Increase the Maximum Taxable Earnings for the Social Security Payroll Tax
Dec 2020
$647, $1024
Increase Individual Income Tax Rates
Dec 2020
$114, $203, $884
Eliminate Head Start
Dec 2020
$95
Establish Caps on Federal Spending for Medicaid
Dec 2020
$353, $472, $485, $561, $636, $683, $787, $959
Eliminate Certain Tax Preferences for Education Expenses
Dec 2020
$153
Eliminate Eligibility for Starting Social Security Disability Benefits at Age 62 or Later
Dec 2020
$21
Impose a Tax on Emissions of Greenhouse Gases
Dec 2020
$1033
Reduce the Size of the Fighter Force by Retiring the F-22
Dec 2020
$33
Limit Forgiveness of Graduate Student Loans
Dec 2020
$6, $15, $27
Eliminate Supplemental Security Income Benefits for Disabled Children
Dec 2020
$103
Increase All Taxes on Alcoholic Beverages to $16 per Proof Gallon and Index for Inflation
Dec 2020
$83, $96
Eliminate the Tax Exemption for New Qualified Private Activity Bonds
Dec 2020
$15
Reduce Funding for Naval Ship Construction to Historical Levels
Dec 2020
$51
Eliminate Title I Agriculture Programs
Dec 2020
$39
Increase Premiums for Parts B and D of Medicare
Dec 2020
$39, $435, $462
Expand Social Security Coverage to Include Newly Hired State and Local Government Employees
Dec 2020
$101
Raise the Tax Rates on Long-Term Capital Gains and Qualified Dividends by 2 Percentage Points
Dec 2020
$75
Tighten Eligibility for Pell Grants
Dec 2020
$4, $64
Limit States’ Taxes on Health Care Providers
Dec 2020
$32, $176, $429
Lower the Investment Income Limit for the Earned Income Tax Credit and Extend That Limit to the Refundable Portion of the Child Tax Credit
Dec 2020
$8
End VA’s Individual Unemployability Payments to Disabled Veterans at the Full Retirement Age for Social Security
Dec 2020
$8, $40
Impose a Tax on Financial Transactions
Dec 2020
$752
Reduce the Department of Defense’s Budget
Dec 2020
$317, $607
Reduce the Basic Allowance for Housing to 80 Percent of Average Housing Costs
Dec 2020
$15
Reduce or Eliminate Subsidized Loans for Undergraduate Students
Dec 2020
$7, $19
Link Initial Social Security Benefits to Average Prices Instead of Average Earnings
Dec 2020
$69, $109
Increase Excise Taxes on Tobacco Products
Dec 2020
$37
Expand the Base of the Net Investment Income Tax to Include the Income of Active Participants in S Corporations and Limited Partnerships
Dec 2020
$210
Reduce the Size of the Nuclear Triad
Dec 2020
$10, $12
Reduce Subsidies in the Crop Insurance Program
Dec 2020
$29
Reduce Medicare’s Coverage of Bad Debt
Dec 2020
$21, $43, $69
Increase the Corporate Income Tax Rate by 1 Percentage Point
Dec 2020
$99
Eliminate or Modify Head-of-Household Filing Status
Dec 2020
$62, $158
Reduce the Annual Across-the-Board Adjustment for Federal Civilian Employees' Pay
Dec 2020
$59
Reduce Federal Medicaid Matching Rates
Dec 2020
$57, $500, $529
Require Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit Claimants to Have a Social Security Number That Is Valid for Employment
Dec 2020
$21
Reduce VA’s Disability Benefits to Veterans Who Are Older Than the Full Retirement Age for Social Security
Dec 2020
$25
Increase Federal Civilian Employees’ Contributions to the Federal Employees Retirement System
Dec 2020
$43
Reduce DoD’s Operation and Maintenance Appropriation (Excluding Funding for the Defense Health Program)
Dec 2020
$60, $168
Reduce Funding for International Affairs Programs
Dec 2020
$117
Reduce or Eliminate Public Service Loan Forgiveness
Dec 2020
$12, $28
Make Social Security’s Benefit Structure More Progressive
Dec 2020
$8, $36
Increase Excise Taxes on Motor Fuels and Index for Inflation
Dec 2020
$237, $512
Include Disability Payments From the Department of Veterans Affairs in Taxable Income
Dec 2020
$113
Cancel the Long-Range Standoff Weapon
Dec 2020
$11
Limit ARC and PLC Payment Acres to 30 Percent of Base Acres
Dec 2020
$21
Require Manufacturers to Pay a Minimum Rebate on Drugs Covered Under Part D of Medicare for Low-Income Beneficiaries
Dec 2020
$148
Repeal the “LIFO” Approach to Inventory Identification and the “Lower of Cost or Market” and “Subnormal Goods” Methods of Inventory Valuation
Dec 2020
$60
Eliminate Itemized Deductions
Dec 2020
$1718
Reduce Funding for Certain Grants to State and Local Governments
Dec 2020
$1, $5, $9, $12, $18, $40
Introduce Enrollment Fees Under TRICARE for Life
Dec 2020
$14
Increase the Payroll Tax Rate for Medicare Hospital Insurance
Dec 2020
$878, $1736
Narrow Eligibility for VA’s Disability Compensation by Excluding Veterans With Low Disability Ratings
Dec 2020
$6, $38
Increase Appropriations for the Internal Revenue Service’s Enforcement Initiatives
Dec 2020
$41
Cap Increases in Basic Pay for Military Service Members
Dec 2020
$19
Eliminate Funding for Amtrak and the Essential Air Service Program
Dec 2020
$2, $20
Remove the Cap on Interest Rates for Student Loans
Dec 2020
$3, $5
Raise the Full Retirement Age for Social Security
Dec 2020
$72
Impose an Excise Tax on Overland Freight Transport
Dec 2020
$351
Further Limit Annual Contributions to Retirement Plans
Dec 2020
$99
Defer Development of the B-21 Bomber
Dec 2020
$36
Raise Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s Guarantee Fees and Decrease Their Eligible Loan Limits
Dec 2020
$10, $30, $36
Consolidate and Reduce Federal Payments for Graduate Medical Education at Teaching Hospitals
Dec 2020
$34, $40
Require Half of Advertising Expenses to Be Amortized Over 5 or 10 Years
Dec 2020
$66, $133
Limit the Deduction for Charitable Giving
Dec 2020
$208, $232
Repeal the Davis-Bacon Act
Dec 2020
$11
Introduce Minimum Out-of-Pocket Requirements Under TRICARE for Life
Dec 2020
$27
Increase the Payroll Tax Rate for Social Security
Dec 2020
$712, $1406
Use an Alternative Measure of Inflation to Index Social Security and Other Mandatory Programs
Dec 2020
$223
Replace Some Military Personnel With Civilian Employees
Dec 2020
$14
Eliminate Federal Funding for National Community Service
Dec 2020
$9
Adopt a Voucher Plan and Slow the Growth of Federal Contributions for the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program
Dec 2020
$21, $24
Require Social Security Disability Insurance Applicants to Have Worked More in Recent Years
Dec 2020
$47
Impose a 5 Percent Value-Added Tax
Dec 2020
$1820, $2220, $2830
Tax Social Security and Railroad Retirement Benefits in the Same Way That Distributions From Defined Benefit Pensions Are Taxed
Dec 2020
$459
Reduce the Size of the Bomber Force by Retiring the B-1B
Dec 2020
$13
Eliminate or Reduce the Add-On to Pell Grants, Which Is Funded With Mandatory Spending
Dec 2020
$29, $57
Eliminate Subsidies for Certain Meals in the National School Lunch, School Breakfast, and Child and Adult Care Food Programs
Dec 2020
$9
Repeal the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit
Dec 2020
$44
Change the Tax Treatment of Capital Gains From Sales of Inherited Assets
Dec 2020
$110
Change How Borrowers’ Income-Driven Payments Are Calculated
Feb 2020
$-6, $-4, $6, $35, $40, $42
Change the Availability of Income-Driven Repayment Plans
Feb 2020
$-34, $23, $122
Reduce Quality Bonus Payments to Medicare Advantage Plans
Dec 2018
$18, $94
End Enrollment in VA Medical Care for Veterans in Priority Groups 7 and 8
Dec 2018
$57
Reduce Pension Benefits for New Federal Retirees
Dec 2018
$3
Limit Highway and Transit Funding to Expected Revenues
Dec 2018
$116
Impose a Fee on Large Financial Institutions
Dec 2018
$90, $103
Cancel the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense System
Dec 2018
$18
Tax All Pass-Through Business Owners Under SECA and Impose a Material Participation Standard
Dec 2018
$163
Convert Multiple Assistance Programs for Lower-Income People Into Smaller Block Grants to States
Dec 2018
$88, $160, $247
Reduce the Size of the Federal Workforce Through Attrition
Dec 2018
$35
Eliminate the Special Retirement Supplement for New Federal Retirees
Dec 2018
$5
Eliminate the Federal Transit Administration
Dec 2018
$87
Tax Gains from Derivatives as Ordinary Income on a Mark-to-Market Basis
Dec 2018
$19
Cancel Development and Production of the New Missile in the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent Program
Dec 2018
$24
Increase Taxes That Finance the Federal Share of the Unemployment Insurance System
Dec 2018
$18
Reduce TANF’s State Family Assistance Grant by 10 Percent
Dec 2018
$13
Raise the Tax Rates on Long-Term Capital Gains and Qualified Dividends by 2 Percentage Points and Adjust Tax Brackets
Dec 2018
$70, $76, $81
Eliminate Certain Forest Service Programs
Dec 2018
$6
Increase the Passenger Fee for Aviation Security
Dec 2018
$21
Divest Two Agencies of Their Electric Transmission Assets
Dec 2018
$2
Reduce Appropriations for Global Health to Their Level in 2000
Dec 2018
$57
Repeal Certain Tax Preferences for Energy and Natural Resource–Based Industries
Dec 2018
$2, $6, $8
Narrow Eligibility for Veterans’ Disability Compensation by Excluding Certain Disabilities Unrelated to Military Duties
Dec 2018
$4, $33
Tax Carried Interest as Ordinary Income
Dec 2018
$14
Limit the Number of Cities Receiving Urban Areas Security Initiative Grants
Dec 2018
$1
Raise the Age of Eligibility for Medicare to 67
Dec 2018
$15, $22
Increase Payments by Tenants in Federally Assisted Housing
Dec 2018
$21
Change the National Flood Insurance Program
Dec 2018
$1
Eliminate Human Space Exploration Programs
Dec 2018
$89
Repeal the “LIFO” and “Lower of Cost or Market” Inventory Accounting Methods
Dec 2018
$58
Cancel Plans to Purchase Additional F-35 Joint Strike Fighters and Instead Purchase F-16s and F/A-18s
Dec 2018
$13
Include Employer-Paid Premiums for Income Replacement Insurance in Employees’ Taxable Income
Dec 2018
$342
Eliminate the International Trade Administration's Trade-Promotion Activities
Dec 2018
$3
Modify Payments to Medicare Advantage Plans for Health Risk
Dec 2018
$47, $67
Reduce Funding for the Housing Choice Voucher Program or Eliminate the Program
Dec 2018
$9, $125
Tighten Eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Dec 2018
$8
Reduce Department of Energy Funding for Energy Technology Development
Dec 2018
$3, $5, $8, $16
Impose Fees to Cover the Costs of Government Regulations and Charge for Services Provided to the Private Sector
Dec 2018
$0, $1, $2, $9, $14
Modify TRICARE Enrollment Fees and Cost Sharing for Working-Age Military Retirees
Dec 2018
$11
Reduce Tax Subsidies for Employment-Based Health Insurance
Dec 2018
$256, $438, $638
Convert the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage Program Into a Direct Loan Program
Dec 2018
$3
Adjust DoD’s and DOE’s Plans for Modernizing Nuclear Forces
Oct 2017
Convert Medicare to a Premium Support System
Oct 2017
Change FHA’s Exposure to Risk From Single-Family Mortgage Guarantees
Sep 2017
Change Federal Civilian Employees’ Contributions to the Federal Employees Retirement System
Aug 2017
$-79, $-58, $-32, $3, $47
End Congressional Direction of Medical Research in the Department of Defense
Dec 2016
$9
Scanning and Imaging More Shipping Containers Bound for or Arriving at U.S. Ports
Jun 2016
Eliminate Capital Investment Grants for Transit Systems
Nov 2014
$15
Reduce Federal Funding for the Arts and Humanities
Nov 2014
$6
Reduce the Number of Ballistic Missile Submarines
Nov 2014
$15
Eliminate Grants to Large and Medium-Sized Airports
Nov 2014
$8
Eliminate Exchange Subsidies for People With Income Over 300 Percent of the Federal Poverty Guidelines
Nov 2013
$109
Restrict Pell Grants to Students Who Meet Academic Progress Requirements
Sep 2013
$2
Restrict Pell Grants to Students Who Meet More Stringent Academic Eligibility Requirements
Sep 2013
$3
Consolidate the Department of Defense's Retail Activities and Provide a Grocery Allowance to Service Members
Mar 2011
$8