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CED Calls on Super Committee to Exceed Its Mandate
Earlier today, the Committee for Economic Development (CED) released a set of six standards that they believe the Super Committee must follow in order...
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CRFB President Talks Super Committee on Nightly Business Report
CRFB president Maya MacGuineas was a guest last night on PBS' Nightly Business Report, where she commented on the Super Committee and the need for...
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MY VIEW: Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson October 2011
Sunday's Washington Post featured an op-ed written by Fiscal Commission and Moment of Truth project co-chairs (and CRFB board members!) Erskine Bowles...
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155 Business Groups Want Super Committee to Go Big
Today, a collection of 155 business organizations representing a wide variety of interests joined the "Go Big" call. In doing so, they have joined 38...
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Lieberman and Coburn Urge Super Committee to Take Up Medicare
The submissions keep on coming. Now, Senators Tom Coburn (R-OK) and Joe Lieberman (I-CT) have sent a letter to the Super Committee, pressing them to...
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Could a “Go Big” Approach Increase the Chances of the Super Committee Succeeding?
Yes, it could! Okay, you’re probably itching for a more fleshed out response than “yes”, so let’s walk through the logic. The “Go Big” campaign is...
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CRFB Videos of Lawmakers and Budget Luminaries Making the Case for "Go Big"
At our "Urging the Super Committee to Go Big" event, we showed videos with a number of budget experts and former government officials, talking about...
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Event 9/21: Urging the Super Committee to Go Big
In the past few weeks, CRFB and many others -- including 36 Senators from both sides of the aisle, the Blue Dogs, and more than 60 business leaders...
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A Few Submissions to the Super Committee
The parade of submissions to the Super Committee has started. Over the next few months the Super Committee is likely to be inundated by fiscal plans...
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36 Senators Call for Super Committee to "Go Big"
Update: The Gang of 36 has grown to 45 --23 Republicans, 21 Democrats, and 1 Independent. See below for the full list of participating Senators. Today...
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Blue Dogs Bark for Super Committee to “Think Bigger”
Today, members of the Blue Dog Coalition—a group of fiscally conservative Democrats—sent a letter to the Super Committee urging it to exceed the...
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First Super Committee Hearing at 10:30am, Live on C-SPAN3
UPDATE: The Super Committee hearing has begun and is streaming live on the Super Committee's website and on C-SPAN3 . Today, the Joint Select...