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‘Line’ Items: Getting Out of Town Edition
Read moreHeavy Congressional Workload Before Break – Congress has a busy week ahead before it leaves town for next week’s Memorial Day recess. Lawmakers want...
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First YouCut Winner Would Save $2.5 billion
Read moreLast week we wrote about the introduction of YouCut, a project designed to allow people to vote on spending cuts they would like to see Congress enact...
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Defense Spending No Longer Exempt from Scrutiny
Read moreThere's been a lot of discussion over the past few weeks about spending in the Defense Department, following speeches made by Secretary Robert Gates...
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Weekend Editorial Roundup
Read moreHere are the highlights from this weekend’s editorials on fiscal and budget policy: The Chicago Tribune noted that for all the attention paid to bank...
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Bills Bills Bills: Extenders and Supplementals
Read moreNext week, House Democrats intend to introduce a package of aid to states, extended unemployement benefits, and tax break extensions. This "must-pass"...
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Congressman Eric Cantor Introduces YouCut
Read moreYesterday, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) launched a new project - YouCut. YouCut allows people to vote online or from their cell phones on...
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Weekend Editorial Roundup
Read moreHere are the highlights from this weekend’s editorials on fiscal and budget policy: The Chicago Tribune criticized both parties for reckless spending...
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‘Line’ Items: Greek Tragedy Edition
Read moreFrom Sophisticated to Sophocles – The untangling of the complex web of financial manipulation and deceit arising from the “hidden debts” controversy...
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Rethinking TRICARE Benefits
Read moreAdmiral Roughead (Navy), General Conway, (Marine Corps) and Admiral Allen (Coast Guard) all took the spending challenge today, arguing that retired...
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CAP Takes the Spending Challenge
Read moreThe Center for American Progress recently discussed what it would take to meet the President's fiscal goal of a primary balance in 2015, or finding...
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‘Line’ Items: Derby Edition
Read moreSuper Saver Cashes In – Those who couldn’t resist the irony of betting it all on a horse named Super Saver were rewarded handsomely on Saturday as the...
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Improper Payments Are a Start--But Cuts Must Go Deeper
Read moreIn an OMBlog today, OMB director Peter Orszag applauded the House's passage of the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act. Improper payments...