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Bill Frenzel: President's Budget FY2012
Read moreThe President sent the country a Valentine Monday. But while the budget may have been concocted with love, in it there is only a touch of sweet and a... -
CRFB Analysis of the President's 2012 Budget
Read moreContinuing our analysis of the President's 2012 Budget, we have just published our latest paper that takes a look at the 2012 proposal in more detail... -
House GOP Leadership Vows to Address Entitlement Spending
Read moreIn their reaction to the President's FY 2012 budget proposal, the House Republican leadership has been very critical of the President's reluctance to... -
Budget Process Reform in the President’s Budget
Read moreWelcome to our fourth installment in our FY 2012 budget blog series! In this one, we'll focus on any budget process proposals in the budget. Chapter... -
CNN Money Exclusive: How to Keep Deficits From Burning the Economy
Read moreIn her latest commentary for CNN Money, CRFB president Maya MacGuineas lays out the many reasons we need a fiscal turnaround plan. She argues that... -
Increases and Decreases to Discretionary Spending in the President's Budget
Read moreIn continuing our discussion of the President's FY 2012 budget proposal, we take a closer look at the recommendations to adjust discretionary spending... -
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Introduction to the President's Budget – Deficits, Debt, Spending and Revenues
Read moreWith the much-anticipated release of the FY 2012 President's budget, The Bottom Line will offer detailed analysis of every aspect of the budget in a... -
MacGuineas: Neither Party Is Being Fiscally Responsible
Read moreThe New York Times today had another round of expert debate on President Obama's budget. CRFB President Maya MacGuineas was featured. In her piece... -
Op-Ed: It's Time for a Fiscal Turnaround Plan
Read moreCNN Money | February 14, 2011 President Obama is right when he says that public investments need to be a central part of the nation's economic growth... -
Q&A with CRFB's Marc Goldwein at 12:30pm Today!
Read moreWith the release of the President's FY 2012 budget proposal earlier today, the Washington Post is hosting an online Q&A session on the issue with CRFB...