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Esquire Commission Stabilizes the Debt!
Read moreThey Did It! Kudos to the Esquire Budget Commission for releasing a budget plan this morning! Former Senators Gary Hart, Bill Bradley, Bob Packwood...
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CNN Exclusive: Dear Congress: Don't blow it on Bush tax cuts
Read moreCRFB President Maya MacGuineas offers some options for handling the expiring tax cuts.
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A Thousand Cuts: The Tax Version
Read moreThe Center for American Progress recently released " A Thousand Cuts," which detailed what spending cuts could be adopted to achieve primary budget...
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Wyden Calls for Tax Reform Before Tax Cut Debate
Read moreThe Hill reports that Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) urged fellow lawmakers this week at a tax policy conference to focus on fundamental tax reform instead...
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CBO Finds Tax Cuts Are Bad for the Economy
Read moreIn testimony before the Senate Budget Committee last week, CBO Director Douglas Elmendorf quantified the impacts that extending some or all of the...
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‘Line’ Items: (Fiscal) New Year’s (Lack of) Resolutions Edition
Read moreShould Old Performance be Forgot, and Never Brought to Mind? – The new fiscal year (2011) began on Friday. Instead of imbibing in champagne, CRFB...
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CRFB Event: It's Time to Get Specific
Read moreWith the fiscal debt clock ticking, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget yesterday brought together members of Congress and other fiscal...
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‘Line’ Items: September to Forget Edition
Read moreNot Much Worth Remembering – As September closes this week, it is clear that lawmakers already have one foot out the door; anxious to return home to...
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The House GOP “Pledge to America”
Read moreToday the Republican caucus of the House of Representatives released an agenda-setting document as a part of its strategy to take control of the House...
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A Thousand Cuts...
Read moreThe Center for American Progress released a paper yesterday titled " A Thousand Cuts." The paper aims to show how deep policymakers would have to cut...
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Putting the Tax Cuts in Perspective
Read moreWith Congress back in session, the mid-term election right around the corner, and a looming expiration, the debate of the 2001-2003 tax cuts is...