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Where Are Those Appropriations Bills?
Read more“If we can’t do something as simple as passing the appropriations bills we review every year, how are we supposed to do any of the heavy lifting on...
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Bernanke on Fiscal Exit Strategy
Read moreOn December 3rd, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke appeared before the Senate Banking Committee for the hearing on his nomination to a...
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ECB Calls for Fiscal Consolidation Strategies
Read moreA few hours before similar remarks were made by Fed Chairman Bernanke (see previous blog), his European counterpart, European Central Bank (ECB) head...
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November Unemployment Report
Read moreAccording to today's Bureau of Labor Statistics report, the unemployment rate eased back to the 10 percent politically sensitive threshold in November...
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Time for Tax Reform
Read moreToday, the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board (PERAB) was scheduled to release its recommendations on reforming the tax code. Although they...
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Fiscally Responsible Organizations Issue Statement on Health Care Reform
Read moreA group of budget experts including CRFB president, Maya MacGuineas, released a “Statement on Health Care Reform,” calling for further efforts to...
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House Votes to Make Estate Tax Permanent
Read moreThe House today voted to avoid eliminating the estate tax next year, only to have it return in 2011 at higher levels. Instead, the current levels of...
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TARP Winding Down as BofA Says It Will Repay Aid
Read moreSecretary Geithner recently said that the Administration will outline its exit strategy for TARP in the next few weeks, but the expiration date has...
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Bad Budget Concepts and The Case of Student Loans
Read moreSometimes, the way we score certain items in the budget leads to sub-optimal policy choices. For example, as we explained recently, the long-term care...
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Let's Offset the Costs of the Troop Surge
Read moreLast night President Obama gave a long-awaited speech on his plan for increasing troop levels, stating his intention to increase troops by 30,000...
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Paying for Afghanistan Should Move Beyond Playing Politics
Read moreCHAIRMAN Bill Frenzel Tim Penny Charlie Stenholm PRESIDENT Maya MacGuineas DIRECTORS Barry Anderson Roy Ash Charles Bowsher Steve Coll Dan Crippen...