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SGR Bill a Good Start but More Can Be Done for Less
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office, on Friday, estimated that the Energy & Commerce Committee’s (E&C) bill to permanently replace the flawed Sustainable...
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As the Fed Meets, CRFB Quantifies Interest Rate Risk Facing the Budget
Read moreBeginning tomorrow, the Federal Open Market Committee, the Fed's interest rate setting and deliberative body that meets eight times a year -- will...
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MY VIEW: Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson September 2013
Read moreWe are now another week closer to a possible government showdown, and still no viable solution has emerged. But while a deal may have not come...
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Op-Ed: Government Shutdown? A Leap of Trust Can Seal a Budget Deal
Read moreChristian Science Monitor | September 16, 2012 Budget talk in Washington is again dominated by nonnegotiable demands and a potential government...
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Budget Director: We Still Have a Long-Term Debt Problem
Read moreReading the news these days, you might think our debt problem has been solved: the federal deficit has been revised downward and is falling to its...
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Event Recap: National Journal Fiscal Fallout Summit
Read moreYesterday, National Journal hosted " Fiscal Fallout: What is 'Responsible' in Today's Fiscal Reality," a policy summit convening experts to discuss...
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Tax Break-Down Series Gathering Attention
Read moreOur new series, " The Tax-Break Down," continues to look into the costs associated with specific tax breaks, the arguments for and against them, and...
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It's Official: Budget Projections Have Changed
Read moreLast month after the Bureau of Economic Analysis revised their GDP numbers going back to 1929, we decided to take the intiative and project what the...
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Moment of Truth Project Releases Policy Paper on Medicare Delivery and Payment System Reforms
Read moreThe current volume-based reimbursement that pervades America’s health care system encourages more, not better, care and is driving up spending at an...
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The Tax Break-Down: Cafeteria Plans and Flexible Spending Accounts
Read moreThis is the seventh post in a new CRFB blog series, The Tax Break-Down, which will analyze and review tax breaks under discussion as part of tax...