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What Have the Rating Agencies Been Saying?
Read moreMoody'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
Read moreAt the end of Tuesday's Super Committee hearing, Fiscal Commission co-chair and CRFB board member Erskine Bowles offered up top-line numbers...
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Go Big Is In the House
Read moreToday, Representatives Heath Shuler (D-NC) and Mike Simpson (R-ID) held a press conference to release a new letter to the Super Committee signed by...
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Social Security Debate Heats Up
Read moreWith reports that the Super Committee has been considering reforms to Social Security, rhetoric from all sides of the issue has been heating up. This...
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CRFB Live Tweeting Super Committee Hearing with Bowles, Simpson, Domenici, and Rivlin
Read moreLater today, the Super Committee will be holding another public hearing with Fiscal Commission co-chairs, Moment of Truth Project Advisors, and CRFB...
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Fiscal Commission Co-Chair Erskine Bowles Presents Compromise Plan to Super Committee
Read moreAt the end of the just-concluded hearing of the Super Committee, Fiscal Commission Co-Chair and CRFB Board Member Erskine Bowles presented his top...
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Another Bipartisan Letter Calls for “Go Big” Approach
Read moreIn addition to the letter from a large, bipartisan group of House members that is still being circulated for signatures, Go Big gained further...
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Business Support for Go Big Grows
Read moreGoing big is getting bigger. A letter to the Super Committee today from a coalition of business organizations that spans numerous industries...
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Competing Outlines Emerge from the Super Committee
Read moreWe talked yesterday about a roughly $3 trillion plan offered by Democrats on the Super Committee that would represent a "go big" approach to debt...
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Business Roundtable and Partnership for New York City Urge Super Committee to Go Big
Read moreTwo business groups today urged the Super Committee to not only approve of a deal before its deadline next month, but to also go beyond its mandate of...
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Elmendorf Joins the Announcement Effect Club
Read moreAt today’s Super Committee hearing, each of the twelve members had the chance to address CBO Director Doug Elmendorf on issues related to...
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Super Committee Democrats Offer (Possible) "Go Big" Plan
Read moreRecently, there have a plethora of media accounts and interviews asking policymakers whether they believe the Super Committee will be able to achieve...