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PANEL: Racial Equity and Budget Scoring

PANEL: Racial Equity and Budget Scoring

This panel will discuss the implications of racial equity not being included in budget scores released by the Congressional Budget Office – how does that impact our understanding of legislation, what are the technical issues involved in doing so, and what are the political and policy implications. 

Speakers will include:
Rekha Balu, Director of Federal Equity Initiatives and Co-Vice President of the Office of Race and Equity Research, Urban Institute  
Dorothy Brown, Martin D. Ginsburg Chair in Taxation and Professor of Law at Georgetown University
Taifa Butler, President, Demos
Judith Dangerfield, Managing Director of the Racial Equity Governing Agenda, PolicyLink
Bobby Kogan, Senior Director of Federal Budget Policy, Center for American Progress
Donald Marron, Institute Fellow and Director of Economic Policy Initiatives, Urban Institute

Moderated by Lydia DePillis, Reporter at The New York Times.

Lunch will be provided.

Sponsoring Organization(s)

The Budget Lab at Yale, Oscar M. Ruebhausen Fund