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Comparing Six Fiscal Plans
Read moreYesterday at the Peterson Foundation's 2011 Fiscal Summit, six think tanks --Heritage, AEI, EPI, Center for American Progress, Bipartisan Policy...
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Senate Rejects Four Budgets
Read moreYesterday, the Senate voted on four budget resolutions ( Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) , Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI)/ House Passed Budget...
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Fiscal Summit Today
Read moreFiscal policy experts and policymakers gather today for the second annual Fiscal Summit in Washington, DC, convened by the Peter G. Peterson...
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FY 2012 Appropriations Update: The House Is in Motion
Read moreAttempting not to replicate last year's/this year's FY 2011 appropriations debacle, the House is moving the FY 2012 process in a relatively timely...
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Check Out WaPo's Interactive Graphic
Read moreThe Washington Post has a great interactive graphic up on their website that allows you to compare several major fiscal plans -- and it's based on...
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OMB Attacks Improper Payments Again
Read moreWe talked a lot last year about OMB efforts to improve government efficiency, culminating in the Improper Payment Elimination and Recovery Act in July...
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‘Line’ Items: Dark Horse Edition
Read moreNot Rounding the Bend Yet – Like the Triple Crown field, the fiscal policy landscape is muddled with several solutions vying to break out from the...
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A Few Interesting Reports from CBO
Read moreIn the past few days, CBO has released a few documents that might be of interest to budget wonks. The first is a further analysis of the final FY 2011...
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Averting a Fiscal Crisis
Read moreCRFB has compiled a brief background on the scope of our nation's fiscal challenges and the drivers of our debt and deficits, while outlining some of...
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Treasury Begins Extraordinary Measures
Read moreUpdate 5/16: Today, Treasury has reached the legal limit on how much debt it can issue at $14.294 trillion. Beginning today, the Treasury is launching...