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How Much Might the Ryan Budget Have to Change to Reach Balance?
Read moreWith the new expectation that the House budget resolution will reach balance in 10 years -- more than 15 years earlier than was projected last year --...
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House Ways and Means Committee Presses Forward
Read moreThe Hill is reporting that the House Ways and Means Committee will take the next step in creating a broad tax reform plan by announcing 11 separate...
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New Developments with the Debt Ceiling
Read moreThe House is pressing forward this week on debt ceiling legislation that contains a few different moving parts. The bill would buy lawmakers some more...
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Ross Gets Specific on Tax Reform
Read moreYesterday, Rep. Dennis A. Ross (R-FL) introduced H.R. 243, otherwise cited as the Bowles-Simpson Plan of Lowering America's Debt (BOLD) Act, a bill...
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Two House Representatives Support a Two-Part Process
Read moreIn a bipartisan op-ed in the Chicago Tribune, Reps. Robert Dold (R-IL) and Daniel Lupinski (D-IL) endorse a two-part process that avoids the fiscal...
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"Go Big" Group Forming Again in the House
Read morePresident Obama met with Congressional leaders last Friday to begin working toward a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff. Reportedly, the talks had an...
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The First Summit on Our Way to a Deal?
Read moreOn Friday, President Obama spoke on the need to replace the "fiscal cliff" with a comprehensive plan to address the nation's unsustainable fiscal path...
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149 Mayors Call for a Debt Deal
Read moreThe United States Conference of Mayors has written a letter signed by 149 mayors across the country, a bipartisan collection including the likes of...
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Capital Gains and Tax Reform
Read moreYesterday, the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee held a joint hearing on tax reform and the tax treatment of capital...
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Concord Coalition Honors the Brave 38
Read moreTonight, the Concord Coalition will present their annual Paul E. Tsongas Patriot Award to the Brave 38—the 22 Democratic and the 16 Republican...
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Comparing the Ryan Plan to...the Ryan Plan
Read moreThere has been much discussion over the "Ryan Plan" since the House Budget Chairman was selected by Governor Romney to be his running-mate. However...
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Insights About Legislating from Rep. Chaka Fattah
Read moreYesterday, Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-PA) sent a letter to his House colleagues urging them to adopt Simpson-Bowles as a way to stave off the fiscal cliff.