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How Does the Budget Look Now?
Read moreAfter a tense few days, or weeks for that matter, lawmakers have enacted a fiscal cliff package -- the American Taxpayer Relief Act. With budget...
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The Economic Effects of Avoiding (Much of) the Fiscal Cliff
Read moreUpdate: CBO confirmed our numbers today, finding a remaining fiscal contraction of about 1 1/4 percent . The American Taxpayer Relief Act which...
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The House Passes the Fiscal Cliff Deal
Read moreLast night, the House passed the fiscal cliff package already agreed upon by the Senate, by a 257-167 vote. Now the bill is headed to the White House...
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly in the Fiscal Cliff Package
Read moreLast night, the Senate voted on and approved a package to avert most components of the fiscal cliff, which we took a preliminary review of last night...
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What We Know About the Possible Fiscal Cliff Deal
Read moreIt appears both sides are quite close to a deal that would avert (or at least quickly reverse) the fiscal cliff. Although negotiations remain ongoing...
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The Looming Nightmare for the IRS and Taxpayers
Read moreThe Internal Revenue Service has continued to warn Congress of the administrative consequences of going over the fiscal cliff. In another letter to...
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Wonkblog's "Choose Your Own Fiscal Cliff Adventure"
Read moreWhile Speaker Boehner and President Obama attempt to bridge their differences in the fiscal cliff negotiations, you can try your hand at creating a...
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Fitch Warns of Possible Downgrade as We Approach the Fiscal Cliff
Read moreWith time running out for a deal, the U.S. credit rating may be in jeopardy if lawmakers don't reach a compromise to replace the fiscal cliff. Fitch...
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Fiscal Cliff Watch: White House and GOP Make Counteroffers
Read moreWith the fiscal cliff only two weeks away and the upcoming holiday season, negotiations for replacing the fiscal cliff with a sensible deficit...
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Line Items: Back-Up Edition
Read moreMonday Morning Quarterbacking – The Washington Redskins stayed in playoff contention Sunday with back-up quarterback Kirk Cousins leading the team to...
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Op-Ed: A Real Debt Goal: 60 Percent by 2030
Read morePolitico | December 13, 2012 The fiscal cliff obsession in Washington is missing the whole point of fiscal reform: actually solving our national debt...
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Polling Shows Americans Want a Deal
Read moreWith the fiscal cliff inching closer and still no clear deal in sight, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds the American public overwelmingly...