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Weekend Editorial Roundup
Read moreHere are the highlights from this weekend’s editorials on fiscal and budget policy: The New York Times criticized Republican healthcare reform... -
‘Line’ Items: Commissions, Summits, Caps and Dogs
Read moreCommission Coming – The White House says President Obama will create a fiscal commission by executive order within days. Meanwhile, Republicans still... -
Budget Reform Proposals in the President's FY 2011 Budget
Read moreAlthough our initial analysis of the President's Budget focused on his ten-year budget plan, the Budget itself includes much, much more. Nestled in... -
Senate To Consider Scaled-Down Jobs Bill
Read moreThe Senate is likely to turn to a tightly focused jobs bill when it returns from the President's Day break next week. The bill, a much-scaled down... -
Snowpocalypse Doesn’t Stop Announcement Effect Club from Growing
Read moreFearless economists braved the Washington snow this week to walk through the doors of the Announcement Effect Club via their testimony before the... -
Experts to Congress: We Need Fiscal Goals
Read moreAs D.C. slowly emerged from under the white blanket of the blizzard, discussion turned today to how the U.S. can rise out of a sea of red ink. Three... -
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Stimulus Proposals in the President's Budget
Read moreIn the budget released last week, the President outlined his vision for additional economic stimulus. Included in his proposal was $76 billion over 11... -
Does the President's Budget Increase the Deficit or Reduce It? (The Answer Depends on Your Baseline)
Read moreAccording to Obama Administraton, the President's FY2011 reduces the ten-year deficit by $2.1 trillion; or $1.2 trillion if the savings from the Iraq... -
If You Think Snowmageddon is Bad, Blizzard of Debt Will be Worse
Read moreExperts concerned about the nation’s fiscal and economic outlook braved the snow yesterday to participate in a Senate Budget Committee hearing on...