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There's a New Sheriff in Town...For Now
Read moreWith Peter Orszag leaving OMB last Friday and Jacob Lew yet to be sworn in, Jeff Zients has been called in to fill the gap as acting director of OMB... -
‘Line’ Items: War Supplemental Finally Passes; Small Biz Bill Not So Lucky
Read moreHouse Gone, Senate Eyeing the Exit – The House started its six-week recess Friday and the Senate will adjourn at the end of this week. Debate and a... -
Appropriations Update: Lawmakers Moving 2011 Spending Bills
Read moreSignaling their desire to be more austere, House and Senate appropriators continued pushing their Fiscal 2011 spending bills through the system this... -
Barry Anderson's Testimony Before the Fiscal Commission
Read moreIn his testimony before the President’s fiscal commission, Barry Anderson discussed the characteristics of budget systems, the roles that fiscal rules... -
MARKETWATCH: July 26-30
Read moreThe week saw ups and downs of interest in Treasury debt instruments on the margin. Foreign interest backed off a little as perceptions of risk: return... -
Maya MacGuineas Testimony Before the Fiscal Commission
Read moreTestimony of Maya MacGuineas President, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget Director, Fiscal Policy Program, New America Foundation Before the... -
Targeting IPAB
Read moreEver since health care reform passed in March, it's had a huge target on its back by those who want to repeal it. Unfortunately, the bullseye for some... -
The Right Spending Target
Read moreA few weeks ago, Fiscal Commission co-chair Erskine Bowles suggested that in designing a plan, "revenue as a percentage of GDP [should not] be much... -
The Truth Can Help Set Us Free of Debt
Read moreAdd another solid idea to the growing list of proposals to help improve federal budgeting and put the country on a sustainable fiscal course... -
Thune to the Rescue!
Read moreSen. John Thune (R-SD) introduced a deficit reduction and budget reform bill yesterday, aptly titled the Deficit Reduction and Budget Reform Act of... -
CRFB Testifies Before the President’s Fiscal Commission
Read moreThe National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform held its fourth meeting yesterday where it heard from our very own CRFB President, Maya... -
CRFB in the Ripon Forum
Read moreCRFB board member Doug Holtz-Eakin and CRFB president Maya MacGuineas both had essays in the most recent edition of the Ripon Forum. While they...