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Live: Ways and Means Holds Hearing on Social Security Bipartisan Benefit Reforms
Read moreTune in as the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security will hold a hearing on bipartisan proposals to reform Social Security...
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The Time for Social Security Reform is Now
Read moreToday, the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security held a hearing on bipartisan proposals to reform Social Security. Members of the...
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Boskin on Debt and Growth
Read moreIn light of the recent controversy over the findings from economists Carmen Reinhart and Ken Rogoff on the relationship between debt and growth, there...
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Chairman Bernanke Testifies Before the Joint Economic Committee
Read moreThis morning, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testified before the Joint Economic Committee regarding the current economic climate. He noted...
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Line Items: Debt Ceiling Edition
Read moreTaking It to the Limit – The statutory debt ceiling is back. The temporary suspension of the debt limit enacted earlier this year was lifted on May 19...
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House Democrats Take Another Crack at Sequester Replacement
Read moreAlthough efforts to replace the sequester have been on hold for a while, the House Democrats, led by House Budget Committee ranking member Chris Van...
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The Re-Estimated Bipartisan Path Forward
Read moreThe CBO has now spoken on how the President's budget would affect the fiscal outlook. Debt would fall to 70 percent of GDP by 2023, compared to 73...
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CRFB Breaks Down CBO's Estimate of the President's Budget
Read moreAs a follow up to our initial reaction to CBO's estimates of the President's budget, CRFB has released a full report that breaks down the analysis...
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CBO Releases Analysis of President Obama's FY 2014 Budget
Read moreToday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its analysis of President Obama’s FY 2014 budget request. CRFB has released a reaction to the...
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S&P's Credit Analyst: US Not "Credit-Positive"
Read moreWe've talked before on The Bottom Line about why lawmakers should not wait to deal with our unsustainable debt. Among the most important reasons for...