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Gates Outlines $178 Billion in Savings and Efficiencies over Five Years
Read moreDefense Secretary Robert Gates announced today the specifics for how the Defense Department will reduce spending by $178 over the next five years...
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House Takes Early Steps on Deficit Reduction
Read moreThe 112th Congress has moved quickly to signal a new focus on fiscal responsibility and attention to our ballooning national debt. As Congress...
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So, How Much Would Republicans Cut Spending?
Read moreIn the Pledge to America released this past fall, House Republicans called for "[rolling] back government spending to pre-stimulus, prebailout levels...
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House Passes Hybrid Spending Bill; Year-long Budget Disaster Nears Conclusion
Read moreContinuing its year-long lesson in "How Not To Budget," the House Wednesday passed legislation that would freeze overall Fiscal Year 2011...
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The Center for American Progress Gets Specific
Read moreToday, the Center for American Progress released a plan to get specific on our growing deficits and debt. Or, rather, they've released five...
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Setting the Record Straight on Spending Cuts and Taxes in the Fiscal Commission Plan
Read moreIn a Heritage Foundation analysis of the President's Fiscal Commission's final plan, Brian Riedl argues that the recommendations have "too much taxes...
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The Fiscal Commission's Plan
Read moreThe co-chairs of the President's fiscal commission today released the deficit reduction plan that members will be asked to vote on Friday. Alan...
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'Our Fiscal Security' Gets Specific
Read moreYou might have missed it last week if you were preparing to chow down on some turkey, but Our Fiscal Security (OFS)--a joint project of the Economic...
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President Obama Freezes Federal Worker Pay for Two Years
Read morePresident Obama announced today that he is freezing federal pay for the next two years. This action will save $60 billion over the next ten years, and...
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Another Blue-Ribbon Group Weighs In
Read moreThe drumbeat for action to reduce our long-term debt continues. Today the Debt Reduction Task Force of the Bipartisan Policy Center issued its...
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Jan's Plan
Read moreFor about a week now, we've been telling critics of the Co-Chairs' Plan to throw ideas, not stones. So, good for Jan Schakowsky. Rep. Schakowsky (D-IL...
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Fiscal Commission Targets Federal Spending
Read moreContinuing our analysis of the President’s Fiscal Commission Draft Report, let's look at what the Co-Chair proposal does on the spending side of the...