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The Center for American Progress Gets Specific
Read moreToday, the Center for American Progress released a plan to get specific on our growing deficits and debt. Or, rather, they've released five... -
‘Line’ Items: What Now? Edition
Read moreCommission Can’t Quite Commit – The President’s Fiscal Commission was able to produce a fiscal plan last week that garnered a bipartisan majority of... -
Setting the Record Straight on Spending Cuts and Taxes in the Fiscal Commission Plan
Read moreIn a Heritage Foundation analysis of the President's Fiscal Commission's final plan, Brian Riedl argues that the recommendations have "too much taxes... -
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Some in Washington Are Working on Deficit Reduction...but Others Aren't
Read moreIn the wake of the release of the Fiscal Commission’s deficit reduction plan, it’s interesting to note the dichotomy between the focus on deficit... -
The Fiscal Commission's Plan
Read moreThe co-chairs of the President's fiscal commission today released the deficit reduction plan that members will be asked to vote on Friday. Alan... -
'Line' Items: After the Turkey Edition
Read moreWashington Still Has a Full Plate -- Congress returns this week from its Thanksgiving break as fiscal issues will jolt policymakers from their turkey... -
'Our Fiscal Security' Gets Specific
Read moreYou might have missed it last week if you were preparing to chow down on some turkey, but Our Fiscal Security (OFS)--a joint project of the Economic... -
Feldstein on Tax Expenditures
Read moreMartin Feldstein has an interesting op-ed in today's Washington Post on tax expenditures. Tax expenditures -- the list of special tax credits... -
‘Line’ Items: Talking Turkey Edition
Read moreTalking Turkey – Congress takes a break this week for Thanksgiving. Lawmakers can be thankful for the brief respite, but the time is quickly coming... -
Another Blue-Ribbon Group Weighs In
Read moreThe drumbeat for action to reduce our long-term debt continues. Today the Debt Reduction Task Force of the Bipartisan Policy Center issued its... -
Jan's Plan
Read moreFor about a week now, we've been telling critics of the Co-Chairs' Plan to throw ideas, not stones. So, good for Jan Schakowsky. Rep. Schakowsky (D-IL...