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Poll: Americans Favor Compromise on the Budget
Over the last few weeks, we've seen several different budget proposals emerge from the Senate and the House, and President Obama is expected to...
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Mankiw Agrees on the Target for Deficit Reduction
Former Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors and Harvard Professor Greg Mankiw explains how a sustainable budget would affect debt levels in a...
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Alice Rivlin To Receive 2013 Robert M. Ball Award
CRFB board member and former CBO and OMB director Alice Rivlin is somewhat of a legend in the budget world, with a long line of work spanning from...
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Republican Study Committee Adds to the Alternative Budgets
Yesterday, the House Republican Study Committee (RSC) released its " Back to Basics" budget, which aims to balance the budget in four years instead of...
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Van Hollen Releases House Democrats' Alternative Budget
Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, has released an alternative budget on behalf of House Democrats, " Jobs...
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The Need for a Deal: Intergenerational Equity
In today's The New York Times, Fix the Debt Steering Committee member Steven Rattner writes on the need for a comprehensive deal to put the debt on a...
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Event Recap: The Atlantic Economy Summit
The Atlantic held its 2013 Economy Summit yesterday, featuring more than twenty-four speakers on tax reform, the future of entitlement programs, and...
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The Ryan and Murray Plans Side-by-Side
Trying to determine the actual level of savings in budget proposals can be confusing, as there is no single agreed-upon set of baseline assumptions to...
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Chairman Ryan Releases FY 2014 Budget
Budget season is underway! House Budget Committee Chairman kicked off the budget resolution exchange by releasing his FY 2014 budget " The Path to...
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Ten Things to Look for in the Upcoming Budgets
As we come closer and closer to the season changing to spring, it's also close to budget season. Both the House and Senate Budget Committee chairs --...
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The Sequester is a Bad Substitute for Entitlement Reform
Without action by lawmakers to replace or eliminate them, the sequester cuts now in effect are anticipated to significantly reduce spending over the...
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Alter: Why Entitlement Reforms Are Essential
Friday at 11:59 PM, sequestration officially began, triggering sharp across-the-board cuts without much progress on bipartisan replacement plan. Our...