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House Democrats Take Another Crack at Sequester Replacement
Read moreAlthough efforts to replace the sequester have been on hold for a while, the House Democrats, led by House Budget Committee ranking member Chris Van...
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Discretionary Savings in the Bipartisan Path Forward
Read moreOver the past few years, lawmakers have made the most progress in discretionary spending in the deficit reduction effort. Additional opportunities for...
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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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Unintended Consequences of the Sequester
Read moreThere has been a lot of talk about the sequester in recent weeks as the latest in a long line of fiscal stand-offs ensues in Washington. In FY 2013...
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Senate Democratic Proposal and Other Plans to Replace the Sequester
Read moreUpdate: This post has been updated as of February 27, 2013 to reflect new proposals from the Senate Republicans With time running out before the...
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Reasonable Defense Cuts Possible
Read moreRecently, former Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) was nominated to succeed Leon Panetta as the Secretary of Defense. He would likely be presented a...
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Coburn's Finds Waste in DoD
Read moreSen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) is known for going after government inefficiencies, whether it's lauching the GAO's comprehensive review of federal agencies...
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Just Say No to the War Gimmick
Read moreLast week, a letter from six organizations--the AARP, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American College of Physicians, the American...
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What's On Congress's Plate
Read moreFirst off, CRFB would like to congratulate President Obama and all of those who were elected and re-elected to the Senate and the House. CRFB is...
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Why Debt Matters for National Security
Read moreTonight is the last presidential debate with questions focused on foreign policy, but it would be a mistake to forget about debt. Our foreign policy...
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Coburn Releases the 2012 "Wastebook"
Read moreSenator Tom Coburn (R-OK) yesterday released his " Wastebook" for 2012, a laundry list of government waste and inefficiency. Coburn finds 100 examples...
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Taxpayers for Common Sense's $2 Trillion Plan to Avoid the Sequester
Read moreYesterday the group Taxpayers for Common Sense released a report with over $2 trillion in deficit reduction. The report, "Sliding Past the Sequester,"...