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How Refreshing to Have a Plan with…Brace Yourself…Details!
Read moreCongressman Paul Ryan’s Roadmap for America’s Future 2.0 is a standout accomplishment if for no other reason than that it deals with details. Imagine...
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Note to Clemons: Freeze Won’t Hurt Competitiveness; Too Much Debt Will
Read moreOur good friend Steve Clemons of the New America Foundation wrote in The Washington Note, this week, that President Obama's proposed spending Freeze...
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CRFB's MacGuineas Reacts to Obama's Spending Freeze
Read moreYesterday, CRFB President Maya MacGuineas had an op-ed in CNN calling President Obama's proposed non-security freeze A Good First Step. Here are some...
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The State of the Union is...
Read moreYesterday, President Obama gave his first official State of the Union address, outlining his agenda for the rest of the year. We watched the speech...
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Ryan Releases Roadmap
Read moreEarlier today, Republican Congressman Paul Ryan released his update Roadmap for America's Future (and a nifty Website to go with it). Under this...
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Obama Partial Discretionary Spending Freeze : A Small First Step
Read morePresident Obama will propose freezing "non-security" discretionary spending for the next three years (FY2011-13) when he unveils his new budget next...
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On the President's Spending Cuts....
Read moreYesterday -- citing CRFB's work -- The Stephen Dinan of Washington Times wrote that President Obama, in his first year, was more successful than...
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Since We've Been Gone...
Read moreWe hope all of our readers had very happy holidays. Now that we are back from our vacation, there is a lot to report on regarding congressional...
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Thanks, Stan
Read moreIn a blog post earlier this week, Stan Collender presented a laundry list of suggestions about how deficit hawks can be more effective. As a proud...
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What Happened to the President's Spending Cuts?
Read moreYesterday, on the heels of President Obama signing a $1.1 trillion "minibus" CRFB released a paper on the importance of controlling discretionary...
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Update on House Activities: Debt Ceiling, CR, and Defense Bill
Read moreThe House has been extremely busy today, not only passing a $154 billion jobs bill but also passing a temporary continuing resolution, the defense...
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Five Steps to Cut the National Debt
Read moreSphere | Dec. 10, 2009 Earlier this week, lawmakers confirmed that they will increase the national debt ceiling by as much as $1.8 trillion – raising...