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Op-Ed: Social Security Needs to be Fixed. So Just Do It.
Read moreCNN Money | March 7, 2011 If there is one thing we know in "Budgetworld," it's that the largest entitlement programs have to be reformed. Social...
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Spotlight on the States: Wisconsin
Read moreGiven the recent events in Wisconsin, we decided that the Spotlight on the States series should take a brief trip over to the Badger State. Like the...
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‘Line’ Items: Stopgaps, Limits, Higher Powers and the Moment of Truth
Read moreLots of Stopgaps, Little in Closing the Fiscal Gap – Washington averted a government shutdown last week by agreeing on a two-week continuing...
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TPC Looks at the Mortgage Interest Deduction
Read moreIn a recent analysis of the second largest tax expenditure in the tax code--the mortgage interest deduction--the Tax Policy Center finds that most...
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Biden to Meet with Congressional Leaders about Budget
Read moreOne day after President Obama signed a bill to avert - for at least 2 more weeks - a federal government shutdown, Vice President Joe Biden will meet...
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Lawmakers Avert Government Shut-Down, But Challenges Still Remain
Read moreIn a vote of 91 to 9, the Senate has passed the House-crafted two-week continuing resolution (CR) to keep government doors open. Yesterday, this bill...
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GAO Report Finds Billions in Potential Savings
Read moreToday, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a comprehensive review of all federal programs in an effort to promote greater efficiency...
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How Interest Rates Could Affect Deficits and Debt
Read moreInterest rates have an enormous effect on how much we pay each year on servicing our debt. In the Budget and Economic Outlook from January, CBO...
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Senate Finance Committee Holds Hearing on Tax Reform
Read moreToday, the Senate Finance Committee had its first in a series of hearings for the coming year about reforming our tax code. Senate Finance Committee...
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CNN MONEY EXCLUSIVE: Spending Cuts Aren't Enough. It's Time to Fix the Budget.
Read moreIn her latest commentary for CNN Money, CRFB president Maya MacGuineas talks about the House Republicans' latest spending proposals, how they could...
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Op-Ed: Spending Cuts Aren't Enough. It's Time to Fix the Budget.
Read moreCNN Money | February 28, 2011 President Obama's budget was such a tremendous letdown and a massive punt, I have to wonder if part of the White House's...
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Short-Term CR Looking More Likely
Read moreUPDATE 3/1: House passes two-week CR by vote of 335-91. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) says that the bill will be taken up in the Senate and...