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CRFB President Maya MacGuineas One of "25 Women to Watch"
Read moreToday, The Hill released its list of the " 25 Women to Watch," featuring rising stars in the political world, including Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH)...
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Medicaid Physician Payments Add to Year-End Uncertainty
Read moreWhen we talk about policy uncertainty these days, most of the time we are referring to the fiscal cliff. However, several other policies remain in...
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President Obama Comments on the Possibility of a Grand Bargain
Read moreIn an initially off-the-record interview with the Des Moines Register, President Obama outlined his vision for his second term. As you would expect...
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Fact-Checking the Final Debate
Read moreWe did not live fact check the debate last night, but the debate did include a little bit of fiscal policy, which is not surprising considering the...
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Getting Closer: Fiscal Cliff Number One Concern for Investors
Read moreWonkblog's Suzy Khimm reports on two new surveys showing that investor concern over the fiscal cliff has well overtaken their concern about Europe's...
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Line Items: Debate Edition
Read moreUp for Debate – Election 2012 is entering the final stretch and it is still up for grabs. The presidential contest has been marked more by missteps...
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Why Debt Matters for National Security
Read moreTonight is the last presidential debate with questions focused on foreign policy, but it would be a mistake to forget about debt. Our foreign policy...
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Actually, Raising the Retirement Age Is Not Regressive
Read moreSome commentators have suggested that raising the retirement age would be regressive given that lower income recipients tend to have a lower life...
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Alarms Grow Louder as Fiscal Cliff Draws Closer
Read moreThis blog has been cross-posted at FixTheDebt.org. It may not be as popular as Justin Bieber, but the fiscal cliff is getting plenty of notice as of...
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Health Care Solutions that Work in the Real World
Read moreThis morning, the National Coalition on Health Care held a forum in the Rayburn House Office Building entitled “Innovations in Health Care Delivery...
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Bipartisan Policy Center Releases a "Framework for a Grand Bargain"
Read moreWith Congress in recess until after the elections, a plan to replace the fiscal cliff with a comprehensive debt deal will have to get done during the...
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Gene Steuerle: Governing After Over-Promising
Read moreUrban Institute Fellow and CRFB board member Gene Steuerle laments the presidential candidates' overpromising this election season, particularly on...