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The United States Conference of Mayors has written a letter signed by 149 mayors across the country, a bipartisan collection including the likes of...

In today's USA Today, Fix the Debt co-founders and Simpson-Bowles co-chairs Erskine Bowles and Al Simpson write that each party can't just have its...

POLITICO reported earlier in the week that the estate tax debate is re-emerging as the expiration of the 2001/2003/2010 tax cuts looms. The estate tax...

Yesterday, the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee held a joint hearing on tax reform and the tax treatment of capital...

On Bloomberg Government's "Capitol Gains" show, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) endorsed at least the Simpson-Bowles outline as the starting point for...

Today on Bloomberg, Edward Lazear -- the former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors under former President George W. Bush -- talked about the...

Today, NPR's Planet Money featured a helpful "three and a half graphic" breakdown of the fiscal cliff, relying on CRFB's figures. The piece breaks...

Tonight, the Concord Coalition will present their annual Paul E. Tsongas Patriot Award to the Brave 38—the 22 Democratic and the 16 Republican...

The United States is not the only country in the world who has, or is, facing fiscal problems. Our neighbor to the north faced some severe fiscal...

We have seen many lawmakers and business leaders claim that the fiscal cliff is holding back the recovery and leading to higher unemployment, and in...

A column in The Wall Street Journal today asks "Should the Eligibility Age for Medicare Be Raised?" Taking the " yes" side is CRFB president Maya...

CRFB President Maya MacGuineas writes in today's The Hill that as Congress returns home for another recess, there is plenty of evidence that...