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What Happened to the President's Spending Cuts?
Read moreYesterday, on the heels of President Obama signing a $1.1 trillion "minibus" CRFB released a paper on the importance of controlling discretionary... -
Controlling Discretionary Spending
Read moreOver the past decade, discretionary spending has grown faster than mandatory. Between 1999 and 2008 discretionary spending grew annually, on average... -
Fiscal Commission Gains Momentum
Read moreThe chance that some type of bipartisan commission will be created to address the nation’s long-term fiscal challenges increased significantly this... -
Deficit Commission Debated
Read moreDiffering views on creating a deficit commission were aired at a Capitol Hill forum yesterday sponsored by the Cato Institute. The proposal, which is... -
Update on House Activities: Debt Ceiling, CR, and Defense Bill
Read moreThe House has been extremely busy today, not only passing a $154 billion jobs bill but also passing a temporary continuing resolution, the defense... -
And the Winner Is...
Read moreEarlier this year the White House created a contest for federal employees that was focused on producing real ideas that would yield monetary savings... -
GM and Wells Fargo Jump on the Bandwagon
Read moreGeneral Motors and Wells Fargo have both just announced that they intend to repay all of the $6.7 billion and $25 billion, respectively, in... -
Budget Blueprint: Paths to 60 Percent
Read moreIn Red Ink Rising: A Call to Action to Stem the Mounting Federal Debt, The Peterson-Pew Commission on Budget Reform calls on policy makers to... -
Red Ink Rising
Read moreIn Red Ink Rising: A Call to Action to Stem the Mounting Federal Debt, The Peterson-Pew Commission on Budget Reform calls on policy makers to... -
Release of 'Red Ink Rising'
Read moreWarning that the out-of-control federal debt places the economic future of our nation at risk, the Peterson-Pew Commission on Budget Reform this... -
House Passes $447 Billion 'Minibus' Bill
Read moreThe House passed a bill yesterday containing six of the appropriations bills still lingering in Congress, at a total cost of $447 billion. On Monday... -
Bipartisan Budget Commission Proposed
Read moreSenate Budget Committee chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND) and ranking Republican Judd Gregg (R-NH) today introduced legislation to create an 18 member...