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MY VIEW: Ed Lorenzen January 2014
Read moreOver the past few months, the subject of Social Security has been hotly debated, centering Recently, Jane White authored an article in the Huffington...
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William Hoagland: The Real Value of the Budget Deal
Read moreIt has been one week since Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) and Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) announced they had reached a bipartisan budget agreement, which is now...
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MY VIEW: Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson December 2013
Read moreThe budget agreement reached by the Senate and the House last week both has some good elements and bad elements. In particular, it replaces some of...
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MY VIEW: Maya MacGuineas December 2013
Read moreWhile we continue to hope for a substantial budget deal that would address our long-term fiscal problems, it looks like a smaller deal is more likely...
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MY VIEW: David Walker December 2013
Read moreIt's just a little over a week before the budget conference committee is supposed to present its recommendations to Congress. Former U.S. Comptroller...
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MY VIEW: Laura Tyson December 2013
Read moreCRFB board member Laura Tyson and Berkeley Research Group directors Eric Drabkin and Ken Serwin wrote in Project Syndicate in favor of Baucus's...
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MY VIEW: Alice Rivlin and Pete Domenici
Read moreWith Congress is in recess, it's likely we won't see a deal this week, but the December 13th deadline for the budget conference committee is fast...
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My View: Judd Gregg November 2013
Read moreThough the government shutdown ended a little over a month ago, its effects still linger on. In an editorial published today in The Hill, former...
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Kent Conrad and Judd Gregg: With Order Restored, Let’s Act
Read moreThe budget conference committee is holding its second hearing this morning as the conferees continue to try and work out a compromise between the...
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Jim Nussle: For Budget Conference, Start With The Pizza
Read moreToday was the first meeting of the budget conference committee negotiating over this year's discretionary spending levels. Although the first meeting...
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MY VIEW: Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson October 2013
Read moreThe budget conference committee will begin to meet in full shortly, when the conferees will begin to look for a compromise between the Senate and...
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MY VIEW: Bill Frenzel October 2013
Read moreIt is difficult to believe that nearly two weeks ago, our country was on the brink of default, the shutdown dragged on, and lawmakers seemed unable to...