Budget Process
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Business Leaders Urge Policymakers to Raise the Debt Ceiling and Enact Long-Term Fiscal Plan
Read moreYesterday, nearly five hundred business leaders and organizations sent a letter to the President and members of Congress joining the chorus of other...
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Debt Deal Talks Heading into the 11th Hour
Read moreThe budget and debt-limit negotiations are approaching the 11th hour. Congressional leaders and the President continue negotiating over a deficit...
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Moody's Considers Downgrading U.S. Over Debt Limit Stalemate
Read moreUpdate 7/15: S&P has joined Moody's in issuing new warnings to the United States. Putting the country on "negative watch," S&P warned that it could...
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President Seeking $4 Trillion, Comprehensive Plan
Read moreCRFB has been calling pretty much continuously for a debt reduction package which puts everything on the table, addresses entitlement spending growth...
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As Debt-Limit Deadline Nears, Lawmakers Must Avoid Budget Gimmicks
Read moreAt a press briefing yesterday, President Obama invited Congressional leaders of both parties to the White House tomorrow to continue ongoing debt...
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CRFB's Maya MacGuineas Says U.S. Must Raise Debt Ceiling
Read moreYesterday CRFB President Maya MacGuineas appeared on Bloomberg Television to talk about how imperative it is to address our dire fiscal outlook while...
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The Consequences of Default
Read moreLast week the Economist published an article entitled America's debt ceiling: The mother of all tail risks. This article explains what could happen if...
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A Solution for the Debt Ceiling Debate?
Read moreDespite House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s (R-VA) decision yesterday to withdraw from the Biden-led negotiations to avoid default, there is still...
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‘Line’ Items: The Heat is on Edition
Read moreExcept in Miami – The Miami Heat weren’t hot enough, but Washington saw record temperatures last week. Capitol Hill may warm things up this week as...
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Peterson-Pew's New Fiscal Toolkit
Read moreIn the last few weeks there has been an incredible amount of talk about using targets, triggers, caps, and failsafes to help set us on a sustainable...
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Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson: The Gang of Six is our best shot
Read moreIn an op-ed today in the Washington Post, CRFB board members Erskine Bowles and Senator Alan Simpson argue that the Gang of Six -- despite hitting a...