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The Importance of the Sequester
When Congress raised the debt ceiling in last August’s Budget Control Act (BCA), it mandated at least $1.2 trillion in further savings by 2021, from...
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Let's Negotiate Savings Up Instead of Down
As we said earlier this week , the Super Committee needs to be finding ways to negotiate its way up to larger savings, not working to push savings...
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Senators Kirk and Manchin Offer "Go Big" Proposal
Today, Senators Mark Kirk (R-IL) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) called for a "Sense of the Senate" resolution pushing for Congress to "Go Big" on deficit...
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Moment of Truth Project Highlights Reforms to Health Care Cost-Sharing and Federal Retirement
With the deadline for the Super Committee to come to an agreement nearly here, the Moment of Truth Project , a project of CRFB, has released two new...
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Super Committee Can Keep "Go Big" Momentum Going by Calling for Another Stage
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and many others have called on the Super Committee to find two or three times its mandated $1.5...
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A Final Bipartisan, Bicameral Push to Go Big
Today at 10:30 am ET, Republican and Democratic lawmakers from both the House and the Senate will be holding a press conference pushing Go Big in a...
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Lawmakers Reach Across the Aisle, and Houses, to Support Go Big
A group of legislators today staged a rare bipartisan, bicameral show of strength to support the Super Committee and encourage it to “ Go Big .” At a...
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Let's Add on Instead of Claw-Back
You might think we're about to talk about Social Security reform or how to reform the Sustainable Growth Rate. But what we're actually talking about...
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Democrats and Republicans Making Efforts Toward a Deal
This week has seen the emergence of another set of broad outlines from the Democrats and Republicans on the Super Committee, in a process that is...
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McConnell Lends Support for "Go Big"
According to The Hill , Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has signaled to Senate colleagues that he would be willing to support a $4...
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What Have the Rating Agencies Been Saying?
Moody's issued a report the other day stating that failure by the Super Committee would not by itself cause them to strip the U.S. of its AAA rating...
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Bowles Plan Offers Path to Compromise
At the end of Tuesday's Super Committee hearing, Fiscal Commission co-chair and CRFB board member Erskine Bowles offered up top-line numbers...