Senate Budget Committee

Patty Murray, Chairman

  • About the Committee
    • Democratic Members
    • Republican Members
    • Committee Rules
    • Committee History
    • Contact
  • Press Room
    • Press Releases & Statements
    • Committee Hearings
    • Chart Library
  • MyBudget
    • Sequestration
  • Committee Resources
    • Chart Library
    • Documents & Analyses
    • Budget Timetable
    • Past Budget Resolutions
    • Glossary
    • Links
  • Performance Task Force
    • Hearings
    • Legislation
    • Press
  • The Senate Budget

Chart Library

Home / Committee Resources / Chart Library

Dec 19 2012

Uncertainty in CBO's Projections of the Surplus Under Current Policies (From 2000)

Uncertainty in CBO's Projections of the Surplus Under Current Policies (From 2000)
Chart appeared in:  Fiscal Cliff Speech at National Press Club (Dec. 19, 2012)
Bookmark and Share


  • 12/21/12 -
    Private Sector Jobs Picture
  • 12/19/12 -
    U.S. Is Borrowing 31 Cents of Every Dollar It Spends
  • 12/19/12 -
    Last Five Times Budget in Surplus, Revenues Near 20% of GDP
  • 12/19/12 -
    Spending and Revenues: 1950-2012
  • 12/19/12 -
    Current record
  • 12/19/12 -
    Gross Debt as % of GDP Under CBO Alternative Fiscal Scenario
  • 12/19/12 -
    White House Budget Offer
  • 12/19/12 -
    Other Mandatory Savings Represent 4% of 10-Year Other Mandatory Spending
  • 12/19/12 -
    Additional Revenue Increases 10-Year Revenue Collection by 3.2%
  • 12/19/12 -
    Possible Compromise from 2001
  • 12/19/12 -
    Effective Tax Rate of NYC Janitor vs. Park Ave Building Residents
  • 12/19/12 -
    Health Expenditures as Share of GDP
  • 12/19/12 -
    Already-Enacted Savings Exceed $1 Trillion
  • 12/19/12 -
    Jobs Picture: With and Without Federal Response to Financial Crisis and Recession
  • 12/19/12 -
    Health Savings Represent 3.6% of 10-Year Health Spending
  • 12/19/12 -
    Discretionary Savings Represent 1.7% of 10-Year Discretionary Spending
  • 12/19/12 -
    Economic Performance: 2008-2012
  • 12/19/12 -
    Taxpayers Wind Up Making $22B off AIG
  • 12/12/12 -
    National Commission of Fiscal Responsibility and Reform
  • 12/12/12 -
    Compromise Budget Plan
  • 12/12/12 -
    Other Mandatory Savings Represent 4% of 10-Year Other Mandatory Spending
  • 12/12/12 -
    Compromise Budget Plan
  • 12/12/12 -
    Discretionary Savings Represent 2.6% of 10-Year Discretionary Spending
  • 12/12/12 -
    Already-Enacted Savings Exceed $1 Trillion
  • 12/12/12 -
    Last Five Times Budget in Surplus, Revenues Near 20% of GDP
  • 12/12/12 -
    Taxpayers Wind Up Making $22B off AIG
  • 12/12/12 -
    Effective Tax Rate of NYC Janitor vs. Park Ave Building Residents
  • 12/12/12 -
    Obama Makes Opening Bid on Taxes
  • 12/12/12 -
    Health Expenditures as Share of GDP
  • 12/12/12 -
    Additional Revenue Increases 10-Year Revenue Collection by 43%
  • 12/12/12 -
    GOP Takes Aim at Entitlements
  • 12/12/12 -
    Health Savings Represent 4.5% of 10-Year Health Spending
  • 12/12/12 -
    U.S. Is Borrowing 31 Cents of Every Dollar It Spends
  • 12/12/12 -
    Gross Debt as % of GDP Under CBO Alternative Fiscal Scenario
  • 12/12/12 -
    Spending and Revenues: 1950-2012
  • 12/12/12 -
    Economic Performance: 2008-2012
  • 12/12/12 -
    Jobs Picture: With and Without Federal Response to Financial Crisis and Recession

Related Links

  • 2012 Presentation Gallery
  • 2011 Presentation Gallery
  • 2010 Presentation Gallery
  • 2009 Presentation Gallery
  • 2008 Presentation Gallery
  • 2007 Presentation Gallery

Stay Connected

  • Email List Signup
  • Youtube
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • RSS
624 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-0642
Fax: (202) 228-2007
  • Home
  • About the Committee
  • Press Room
  • MyBudget
  • Committee Resources
  • Performance Task Force
  • The Senate Budget