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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 down...
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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...