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It Depends on What You Mean by 'Almost as Large'
Read moreIt seems like we are having Social Security deja vu. Just a couple weeks ago, we basically repeated our response from last September to those who...
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Senate Rejects Four Budgets
Read moreYesterday, the Senate voted on four budget resolutions ( Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) , Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI)/ House Passed Budget...
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Biden Group Talks Update: Searching for More Cuts and Talking Triggers
Read moreThe Biden group of debt negotiations resumed on Tuesday with the fourth meeting of the bipartisan group of lawmakers chaired by Vice President Biden...
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Fiscal Summit Today
Read moreFiscal policy experts and policymakers gather today for the second annual Fiscal Summit in Washington, DC, convened by the Peter G. Peterson...
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Donald Marron on Tax Expenditures
Read moreDonald Marron, director of the Tax Policy Center, has a good piece over at the Christian Science Monitor on how tax expenditures should be part of any...
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FY 2012 Appropriations Update: The House Is in Motion
Read moreAttempting not to replicate last year's/this year's FY 2011 appropriations debacle, the House is moving the FY 2012 process in a relatively timely...
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Check Out WaPo's Interactive Graphic
Read moreThe Washington Post has a great interactive graphic up on their website that allows you to compare several major fiscal plans -- and it's based on...
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OMB Attacks Improper Payments Again
Read moreWe talked a lot last year about OMB efforts to improve government efficiency, culminating in the Improper Payment Elimination and Recovery Act in July...
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‘Line’ Items: Dark Horse Edition
Read moreNot Rounding the Bend Yet – Like the Triple Crown field, the fiscal policy landscape is muddled with several solutions vying to break out from the...
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CRFB Identifies $1 Trillion-Plus in Common-Ground Savings
Read moreIn a release today, CRFB highlighted the overlapping policies between the most prominent fiscal plans, identifying over $1 trillion in commonalities...
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Senate Republicans Introduce Medicaid Block Grant Legislation
Read moreYesterday, Senators Tom Coburn (R-OK), Richard Burr (R-NC), and Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) released a proposal to reform the Medicaid program. Their...