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Bipartisan Budget Commission Proposed
Read moreSenate Budget Committee chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND) and ranking Republican Judd Gregg (R-NH) today introduced legislation to create an 18 member...
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CRFB Supports Fiscal Task Force
Read moreThe Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget commends Senators Kent Conrad (D-ND) and Judd Gregg (R-NH) on their proposal - released today - to...
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Dealing with Debt
Read moreThere’s a reason India Times just picked up David Lightman’s story “Rising debt threatens to derail Congress on just about everything.” The world...
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Fiscal Recovery Plan in the FY 2011 Budget?
Read moreThere's an intriguing passage in the White House press release on President Obama's stimulus speech at Brookings yesterday: " An overall approach to...
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Fed Exit Strategy: Reverse Repos
Read moreHow and when the Fed will unwind the massive amounts of liquidity it has provided to shore up the financial system and economy? Will the Fed be able...
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In Support of Cost Control
Read moreThis morning, eleven freshman Senators introduced a series of health care reform amendments which they call the Value and Innovation Package (thanks...
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Obama Puts Forth Jobs Plan
Read moreToday, in a speech at the Brookings Institution, President Obama outlined a strategy designed to accelerate job growth. In particular, he outlined...
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TARP: Offset or Gimmick?
Read moreIn his speech today, President Obama proposed reducing the amount of money available in the TARP fund to pay for the new stimulus measure. When TARP...
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The Grassroots Talk Fiscal Stewardship
Read moreCitizens from across the country had a message yesterday for lawmakers: we are working together to solve our fiscal challenges, why can’t you? At a...
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Six More FDIC Bank Closings
Read moreOn Friday evening, the FDIC reported that it has taken over an additional six banks ( Greater Atlantic Bank, Benchmark Bank, AmTrust Bank, The...
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Vote on the Best Way to SAVE Money
Read moreEarlier this year, the Administration launched a contest to let federal employees submit ideas to save the government money (at the time, we called...
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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 applauded a CBO estimate that under the health...