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Revisiting Revenue in Ryan's Roadmap
Read moreThere has been a lot of talk about revenue levels under Paul Ryan's "Roadmap for America's Future" recently. Not only from us ( here, here, and here)... -
‘Line’ Items: Health Care Moves, Budget Doesn’t
Read moreHealth Care Reform Moves Toward Showdown – The House Budget Committee today voted to push health care legislation forward. It now moves to the House... -
Balanced Budget Amendment Caucus Launches
Read moreToday a new bipartisan caucus was announced to support passage of H.J. Res.1, a balanced budget constitutional amendment. The co-chairs are... -
Debating Revenue Under Paul Ryan's "Roadmap for America's Future"
Read moreA month and a half ago, Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) released his " Roadmap for America's Future," a detailed plan to reform taxes and spending... -
‘Line’ Items: Oscars Edition
Read moreTemporary Tax Extensions Avoid “The Hurt Locker” – The Senate passed H.R. 4691, a 30-day extension of several expired tax breaks and unemployment and... -
Constitutional Route Becoming Popular
Read moreGiven the present economic and political climate, many are eying Constitutional changes to help improve the budget situation. In yesterday’s Wall... -
Health Reform by Reconciliation: Maligned, Misunderstood, but Misused Is Up for Debate
Read moreUnable to pass health care reform using “regular order,” Congressional Democrats now are turning to much-misunderstood process known as “budget... -
‘Line’ Items: A Lonely Road, Paying for Jobs
Read moreHighway to Nowhere – Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY) has blocked a vote on temporarily extending unemployment and COBRA benefits, the Medicare “doc fix” as... -
“Painful, Unglamorous, and Indispensible Work of Fiscal Discipline”
Read moreThose were some of the words uttered by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) today at the Brookings Institution as the latest political leader to... -
Bunning is Right on Unemployment: “We Should Pay For It”
Read moreLast night, Senator Jim Bunning blocked an effort to pass a one-month “extenders” bill by unanimous consent. The bill includes temporary extensions of... -
President's Health Care Summit
Read moreThe President's effort to forge a bipartisan solution to health care reform at today's summit has just started and is televised on C-Span (click here... -
‘Line’ Items: Tax Reform, the Fed, and Congress Back to Work
Read moreCommission Commencement – President Obama signed Thursday the Executive Order officially creating the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and...