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Simpson and Bowles Release $2.4 Trillion Deficit Reduction Framework
Read moreToday, former Fiscal Commission co-chairs and Moment of Truth Project co-founders Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson have released a new framework... -
Op-Ed: Obama, We Need Honest Dialogue on Debt
Read moreCNN | February 16, 2013 This week the president faced the American people to talk about, among other things, the budget. He said the right things... -
MY VIEW: Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson February 2013
Read moreIn an op-ed in today's Politico, former Fiscal Commission co-chairs and CRFB board members Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson argue that there is a... -
Op-Ed: Memo to Congress, White House: Get Serious on Debt
Read morePolitico | February 15, 2013 The continual fiscal brinkmanship of the past two years — in which policymakers go from crisis to crisis, avoiding... -
Third Way Calls for $1.9 Trillion of Deficit Reduction
Read moreToday, Third Way has released their analysis of the February CBO Economic and Budget Update, reaching a similar conclusion to our report on the new... -
Senate Democratic Proposal and Other Plans to Replace the Sequester
Read moreUpdate: This post has been updated as of February 27, 2013 to reflect new proposals from the Senate Republicans With time running out before the... -
House Ways and Means Committee Presses Forward
Read moreThe Hill is reporting that the House Ways and Means Committee will take the next step in creating a broad tax reform plan by announcing 11 separate... -
Our Reaction to the State of the Union
Read moreLast night, President Obama delivered the first State of the Union address of his second term. The President's speech covered a wide range of issues... -
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Line Items: Year of the Snake Edition
Read moreHappy New Year – The Chinese New Year was ushered in over the weekend and 2013 is the year of the Snake. According to at least one horoscope, “This... -
Previewing the State of the Union
Read moreAt 9:00 PM E.T. tonight, President Obama will deliver his State of the Union address to Congress. With many fiscal issues left to be resolved in the... -
Prospects for a Permanent Doc Fix Improve
Read moreA popular secondary story from the newest CBO baseline centers on the "doc fix," the patch that prevents a large cut to physician payments due to the...