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Maya MacGuineas: Five myths about the 'fiscal cliff'
Read moreNot long after her appeal to national leaders to work towards a bipartisan compromise, CRFB president Maya MacGuineas dispels 5 common misconceptions...
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Weinstein Proposes Cut-to-Invest Commission to Finance Infrastructure
Read moreA new report by CRFB and Moment of Truth Project consultant Paul Weinstein provides some guidance on how we could handle both our infrastructure...
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Five Fiscal Plans for Consideration
Read moreToday, the Peter G. Peterson Foundation held a follow-up event to its 2011 Solutions Initiative, in which policy organizations presented plans to deal...
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The Administrative Side of the Fiscal Cliff
Read moreYesterday's The Hill reported on a letter that acting IRS commissioner Steven Miller sent to the heads of the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance...
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VP Meets Mayors in Hopes of Averting Fiscal Cliff
Read moreA couple of months ago, The United States Conference of Mayors, through a letter signed by a bipartisan group of 149 mayors across the country, called...
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Op-Ed: Now that the Election is Over, Let’s Fix the Country’s Debt Woes
Read moreThe Hill | November 14, 2012 The election is over, the ballots have been counted and the TV commercials approved by the various candidates are...
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The Danger of a Fiscal Cliff Dive
Read moreAs the President, Congress, business, labor, and other civic leaders meet this week to discuss a "Grand Bargain" on the fiscal cliff and our...
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Line Items: Service Edition
Read moreAnswering the Call – Today is the federal government's observance of Veterans Day, the day the nation honors those who have served in the armed forces...
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The First Summit on Our Way to a Deal?
Read moreOn Friday, President Obama spoke on the need to replace the "fiscal cliff" with a comprehensive plan to address the nation's unsustainable fiscal path...
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CBO Quantifies the Fiscal Cliff and the Challenge Ahead
Read moreCBO has released two new reports that detail our short run problem of the fiscal cliff and the long term challenge of reducing the debt. Reading the...
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Leaders of House and Senate Willing to Work Toward a Deal
Read moreNot long after Fitch sounded the alarm bells for the urgent need of a comprehensive debt deal, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), House Speaker...
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Op-Ed: Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff: Nothing is Sacrosanct
Read moreTulsa World | November 8, 2012 For almost a decade and a half, I was honored to serve the great people of northeastern Oklahoma in Congress. Today, a...