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Op-Ed: No Budget, No Pay - No Deal, No Break
Read morePolitico | February 5, 2013 Believe it or not, Democrats and Republicans sometimes come together and do something positive in Washington, and that has...
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MY VIEW: Judd Gregg February 2013
Read moreFormer Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH) comments on the partisanship in Washington, an issue that so far has been holding back attempts to reach a deal that...
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MY VIEW: Rudy Penner February 2013
Read moreIn a Tax Policy Center blog, Urban Institute fellow and former CBO director Rudy Penner makes the case for going beyond the amount of deficit...
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MY VIEW: Maya MacGuineas & Thomas Rippon
Read moreToday in an op-ed in The Patriot News, CRFB president Maya MacGuineas and Pennsylvania Fix the Debt Co-chair Thomas Rippon call for bipartisan...
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MY VIEW: Gene Steuerle January 2013
Read moreUrban Institute Fellow and CRFB board member Gene Steuerle suggests that the greatest challenge for today's lawmakers is not action, but realizing...
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MY VIEW: Jim Kolbe January 2013
Read moreYesterday, CRFB board member and former Congressman Jim Kolbe (R-AZ) illustrated in The Arizona Republic that only a package that includes substantial...
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MY VIEW: Alice Rivlin December 2012
Read moreFormer CBO Director and CRFB Board Member cautioned political leaders in a op-ed in The Hill, that merely finding just enough savings to repeal the...
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MY VIEW: Michael Peterson
Read moreMichael Peterson, President and CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, writes in Politico that much of the coverage on the fiscal cliff has missed...
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MY VIEW: David Walker December 2012
Read moreFormer U.S. Comptroller General David Walker writes in today's Politico that not all of the attention should be on the upcoming fiscal cliff - we also...
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MY VIEW: Laura Tyson November 2012
Read moreFormer Council of Economic Advisers Chair and CRFB Board Member Laura Tyson writes in The New York Times about the dual challenges of "Go Fast" to...
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Laura Tyson: Inside America's Tax Battle
Read moreFormer Council of Economic Advisers Chair and CRFB Board Member Laura Tyson says that it has become clear that increased revenues are needed along...
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Bill Frenzel: Going Off the Fiscal Cliff Is Good Policy—If You Like Unemployment
Read moreFormer Congressman and CRFB Board Member Bill Frenzel has some advice for the so-called " fiscal cliff divers": don't even think about it! Going off...