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Budgets Agree on One Thing: Putting Debt on a Downward Path
Read moreAlthough the budget resolutions out now take a variety of paths to deficit reduction, we've noticed something that all have in common: they all...
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Fill in the Blanks: The Unspecified Parts of the Budget Resolutions
Read moreContinuing in our analysis of the FY 2014 budget resolutions, we will be discussing the things in the budgets that the authors didn't tell you. There...
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The Government Funding Bill: Winners and Losers
Read moreThe field has been narrowed from 68 to 64 teams, and the NCAA Tournament is ready to kick off in full this afternoon. But the Big Dance isn't the only...
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CBO: Approaches for Scaling Back DoD's Budget Plans
Read moreIt is a well-known fact that the U.S. spends a sizeable amount on defense, more than the next 15 countries combined, including China and Russia. But...
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Republican Study Committee Adds to the Alternative Budgets
Read moreYesterday, the House Republican Study Committee (RSC) released its " Back to Basics" budget, which aims to balance the budget in four years instead of...
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Testimony at Joint Economic Committee
Read moreThe two goals reinforce each other and neither can be achieved without the other. Weak economic growth—or worse, sliding back into recession—will...
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Op-Ed: Debt Deal We Need is in Reach
Read moreThe Hill | March 18, 2013 Robert Zoellick, the past head of the World Bank, is fond of telling the story of how the Foreign Minister of Australia said...
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Van Hollen Releases House Democrats' Alternative Budget
Read moreRep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, has released an alternative budget on behalf of House Democrats, " Jobs...
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160 Economists and Policy Experts Call for Comprehensive Deficit Reduction
Read moreDespite a growing chorus of debt deniers, most economics continue to agree that putting in place a long-term plan to responsibly address our growing...
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The Need for a Deal: Intergenerational Equity
Read moreIn today's The New York Times, Fix the Debt Steering Committee member Steven Rattner writes on the need for a comprehensive deal to put the debt on a...
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Event Recap: The Atlantic Economy Summit
Read moreThe Atlantic held its 2013 Economy Summit yesterday, featuring more than twenty-four speakers on tax reform, the future of entitlement programs, and...