Budget Process
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CRFB's MacGuineas Calls for Budget Reform
Read moreCommittee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas has an op-ed in The Hill online today. Citing the end-of-the-year dance...
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Op-Ed: Congress' Bad Record of Passing Appropriations Bills Shows Need for Budget Process Reform
Read moreThe Hill | Dec. 10, 2009 In the next few days, the House and Senate will engage in their usual end-of-year dance and vote on two massive omnibus...
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CRFB Supports Fiscal Task Force
Read moreThe Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget commends Senators Kent Conrad (D-ND) and Judd Gregg (R-NH) on their proposal - released today - to...
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TARP: Offset or Gimmick?
Read moreIn his speech today, President Obama proposed reducing the amount of money available in the TARP fund to pay for the new stimulus measure. When TARP...
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Weekend Editorial Roundup
Read moreHere are the highlights from this weekend’s editorials on fiscal and budget policy: The New York Times applauded a CBO estimate that under the health...
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Where Are Those Appropriations Bills?
Read more“If we can’t do something as simple as passing the appropriations bills we review every year, how are we supposed to do any of the heavy lifting on...
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Bad Budget Concepts and The Case of Student Loans
Read moreSometimes, the way we score certain items in the budget leads to sub-optimal policy choices. For example, as we explained recently, the long-term care...
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Weekend Editorial Roundup
Read moreHere are the highlights from this weekend’s editorials on fiscal and budget policy: The Wall Street Journal calls the pharmaceutical industry foolish...
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Federal Officials Pressure ‘Pay Czar’ to Ease Pay Restrictions at AIG
Read moreWorry about the government’s investment in AIG has prompted some federal officials to call for easing the restrictions on pay at AIG for 2010, the...
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Blue Dog Coalition Endorses SAFE Commission Act
Read moreThe Democratic Blue Dog Coalition, a group comprised of fiscally conservative members of the House, officially endorsed the Securing America’s Future...
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$98 Billion Wasted
Read moreGovernment agencies misspent over $98 billion last year, $26 billion more than was wasted the previous year, the Associated Press reports. The White...
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Weekend Editorial Roundup
Read moreHere are the highlights from this weekend’s editorials on fiscal and budget policy: The New York Times applauds the House and Senate Finance bills for...