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Fiscal Commission Co-Chair Erskine Bowles Presents Compromise Plan to Super Committee
Read moreAt the end of the just-concluded hearing of the Super Committee, Fiscal Commission Co-Chair and CRFB Board Member Erskine Bowles presented his top...
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MY VIEW: Bill Frenzel, Tim Penny, Jim Nussle, and Charlie Stenholm
Read moreToday in Politico, all four of the CRFB Co-Chairs penned an op-ed entitled, To Deficit Panel: Go Big, Long and Smart. Bill Frenzel, Tim Penny, Jim...
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Line Items: Halloween Edition
Read moreHappy Halloween – Anyone with kids, or anyone who enjoys scaring kids, knows that today is Halloween; the day of the year it is acceptable to wear...
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MY VIEW: Vic Fazio
Read moreToday's Roll Call included an op-ed by former Representative and current CRFB board member Vic Fazio. He discusses the need for fiscal reform right...
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Another Bipartisan Letter Calls for “Go Big” Approach
Read moreIn addition to the letter from a large, bipartisan group of House members that is still being circulated for signatures, Go Big gained further...
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Business Support for Go Big Grows
Read moreGoing big is getting bigger. A letter to the Super Committee today from a coalition of business organizations that spans numerous industries...
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Medicare Premium Increases Announced and Medicaid Glitch Fix Passes House
Read moreLast week the federal government announced that 2012 Medicare premiums will increase for most participants by $3.50 per month from $96.40, making 2012...
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The Results Are In
Read moreRick Perry's tax reform plan has inspired a lot of discussion in the past week, but it left people wondering how much revenue it would raise. He...
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Competing Outlines Emerge from the Super Committee
Read moreWe talked yesterday about a roughly $3 trillion plan offered by Democrats on the Super Committee that would represent a "go big" approach to debt...
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Business Roundtable and Partnership for New York City Urge Super Committee to Go Big
Read moreTwo business groups today urged the Super Committee to not only approve of a deal before its deadline next month, but to also go beyond its mandate of...