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Convention Watch: Wednesday Night's Preview
Read moreContinuing our Updates from the Conventions series, we look forward to tonight's convention schedule, packed with some of the biggest names in the...
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Fitch: Fiscal Cliff Threatens Triple-A Rating
Read moreFitch Ratings Managing Director David Riley appeared yesterday on Bloomberg Television, suggesting that the fiscal cliff could threaten the U.S.'s AAA...
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Recap: Chris Christie's Keynote Speech at the RNC
Read moreAfter some hurricane-related delays, the Republican National Convention began yesterday in Tampa. We have our Fix the Debt team on the ground (see...
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Voices From the Convention Agree: Lawmakers Should Come Together and Fix the Debt
Read moreOur Fix the Debt team has been meeting all different kinds of concerned citizens in Tampa at the Republican National Convention. Many people we have...
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Fiscal Responsibility Questions For The Election
Read moreConsidering our nation's debt situation, it is more important that ever to ensure that those seeking office have a plan to take on the issue. It's why...
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Governor Jeb Bush Supports Simpson-Bowles
Read moreFormer Governor Jeb Bush (R-FL) declared his support for Simpson-Bowles in a recent interview with the Tampa Bay Times, in order to begin taking on...
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U.S. Budget Watch: How Much Are Medicare Benefits "Paid For"?
Read moreAs the presidential campaigns have turned their attention to Medicare (which we analyzed two weeks ago), each one frames the issue as protecting...
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A Mutual Non-Aggression Pact for the Campaigns?
Read moreA recent editorial from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch argues for what they call a "mutual non-aggression pact on spending and deficits." In their view...
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Will We Get Another 1986 Soon?
Read moreElaine Kamarck and James Pinkerton, co-chairs of The RATE Coalition, a bipartisan group dedicated to promote tax reform, write in today's The Hill...
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CBO Projects a Recession -- But How Deep?
Read moreWe've warned many times before that going off the fiscal cliff would throw the economy into a double dip recession. With CBO's updated budget and...
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CRFB's Jason Peuquet on the Republican Candidates' Plans
Read moreOn New America's weekly podcast series The Sidebar, CRFB Research Director Jason Peuquet added some analysis on Representative Paul Ryan's (R-WI)...
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CRFB's Newest Realistic Baseline
Read moreWith the release of CBO's updated budget and economic outlook, we at CRFB have the opportunity to update our Realistic baseline. Recall that our...