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Congress’s To Do List: OMG
Read moreWith the mid-term election behind us, the current Congress still has work to do. Lawmakers may address a huge number of issues when they return in two...
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‘Line’ Items: Post-Halloween and Pre-Election Edition
Read moreTricks and Treats Not Done Yet – Halloween was celebrated last night and Election Day is tomorrow. Which day is scarier likely depends on your...
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Health Care and Taxes
Read moreThe Bottom Line presents the next installment in our series highlighting our Ten Questions to Ask the Candidates leading up to Election Day. 7...
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Pay As You Go and the Tax Cuts
Read moreContinuing in our discussion of (what we believe to be the most important!) Ten Questions to Ask the Candidates leading up to this coming Tuesday's...
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‘Line’ Items: BCS Edition
Read moreLoads of BCS – The first edition of this season’s rankings from the much-maligned BCS is now out. The system uses computer algorithms and polls to...
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Let's Get Specific: Tax Expenditures
Read moreContinuing with our Let’s Get Specific series, which lays out specific plans and policies to help reduce our national debt, today we have released our...
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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...