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‘Line’ Items: May Flowers Edition
Read moreWhat Will Bloom This Month? – In April we were showered with fiscal policy developments: namely, a last-minute FY 2011 budget deal; a deluge of budget... -
Dave Walker and Bob Bixby: National Fiscal Dialogue Needed
Read moreToday, Comeback America Initiative founder and CEO Dave Walker (former U.S. comptroller general) and Concord Coalition executive director Bob Bixby... -
Between the ‘Line’s: Limits, Meetings, Triggers, and Cloture
Read moreBumping Up on the Debt Ceiling – On Monday, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner sent a letter to congressional leaders saying that his department this... -
Biden Fiscal Working Group Holds First Meeting
Read moreThe bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers hand-picked by congressional leaders had its first meeting today with Vice President Joe Biden to discuss... -
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CRFB Re-Estimates the Fiscal Commission's Plan
Read moreIn the awesome world of budget baselines and budget options, we are graced a few times a year with updated budget projections from CBO. These updated... -
Martin Feldstein: Raise Taxes, but Not Tax Rates
Read moreAn op-ed in today's New York Times by Harvard economics professor Martin Feldstein says that while reducing our debt will require more revenue, that... -
White House Takes on Excess Federal Property
Read moreFirst, there was the taxpayer receipt. Now there is a an excess federal property map. It seems the White House is doing a good job to get graphic with... -
MY VIEW: Bill Frenzel and Charlie Stenholm
Read moreIn an op-ed in The Hill today, CRFB co-chairs Bill Frenzel and Charlie Stenholm propose a fiscally responsible approach to raising the debt ceiling... -
Senate Finance Committee Discusses Enforcement Mechanisms
Read moreSince President Obama put the idea of a debt trigger in the public's mind, it has become a hot topic. Third Way recently put out a piece detailing... -
Concord Coalition Looks at Budget Process Reform Proposals
Read moreFrom the President's recent deficit-reduction framework to policy forums on Capitol Hill, budget process reform has recently become an increasingly... -
Adm. Mike Mullen on Debt and Defense Spending
Read moreThe Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, made some important statements recently regarding our national debt and defense...