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Every Budget Put the Debt on a Downward Path…and This One Should Too
Read moreIn additional to reopening the government and suspending the debt ceiling, last night, both the House and Senate agreed to go to Budget Conference... -
The Tax Break-Down: Intangible Drilling Costs
Read moreThis is the eleventh post in our blog series, The Tax Break-Down, which will analyze and review tax breaks under discussion as part of tax reform. Our... -
Line Items: Ups and Downs Edition
Read moreEnding the Shutdown and Cranking Up the Debt Limit – It’s been an up-and-down past couple of weeks. The federal government has been shut down since... -
Looks Like We Have a Deal
Read moreAfter a few weeks of government shutdown and a nerve-wracking lead-up to hitting the debt ceiling, the Senate leadership announced today it had come... -
Marc Goldwein: Hard Choices Required to Address Looming Debt
Read moreThe prolonged government shutdown and debt ceiling debate are a clear indication that our government is not functioning as it should. Furloughed... -
Deficits are a First-Order Problem
Read moreYesterday, Former Treasury Secretary and director of the National Economic Council Larry Summers argued that “budget deficits are now a second-order... -
Bad Ideas Watch: Shutdown/Debt Ceiling Edition
Read moreBipartisan discussions over how to end the partial government shutdown and raise the debt ceiling are coming down to the wire as this week begins... -
House Setting Into Motion Farm Bill Conference
Read moreNaturally, the country has been consumed by the developments (or lack thereof) in the government shutdown and debt ceiling impasse. But there is some... -
Keep Gimmicks Out Of A Deal
Read moreAs the government shutdown continues into its 11th day, the two parties have just begun having serious negotiations about reopening the government and... -
Marc Goldwein: Don’t Believe the Myth That Debt Problem is a Myth
Read moreWith the recent improvement in medium-term budget projections, some are trying to advance the myth that our debt problems have been solved. But as we... -
MY VIEW: Maya MacGuineas October 10 2013
Read moreIn yesterday's New York Times, the paper asks in its " Room for Debate" series what federal spending we are better off without in light of the... -
Op-Ed: Don’t Believe Myth That Debt Problem is a Myth
Read moreThe Weekly Wonk | October 10, 2013 Last week, the government of the richest and most powerful nation in the world shut off its lights and closed its...