Fiscal Cliff

A new story is suggesting that members of Congress from both parties are trying to delay the sequester until March. This is not the first time we have...

An article today in POLITICO games out four possible scenarios for how the fiscal cliff could be resolved (or not). They discuss the benefits and...

We're seeing more stories, in recent days, floating the idea that policymakers might waive the entire fiscal cliff, at least temporarily. One piece in...

Former Director of the CBO Alice Rivlin and Former Sen. Pete Domenici testified today to the Senate Finance Committee on the long-term debt problem...

In Tuesday’s The Hill, former Comptroller General David Walker calls for a process that would lead to a comprehensive debt reform deal in 2013. He...

Earlier this week, about a third of the Senate met to open a bipartisan discussion about comprehensive fiscal reform and the impending fiscal cliff...

CRFB has called for this year’s presidential candidates to " Debate the Debt" by dedicating one of the three presidential debates to proposals for...

Estimates of the fiscal cliff that is set to occur at the end of the year have been popping up in recent weeks. Now CBO has lended its voice to the...

UPDATE: This blog has been updated to include CBO's brief about the fiscal cliff. About a month ago, we reported our estimates of how much the fiscal...

We have been warning for a few months now about the potential consequences of the fiscal cliff -- and adding to the debt by averting it all together...

Former Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH) weighs in on the impact of "taxmaggedon" in The Hill today.

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