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‘Line’ Items: Stopgaps, Limits, Higher Powers and the Moment of Truth
Lots of Stopgaps, Little in Closing the Fiscal Gap – Washington averted a government shutdown last week by agreeing on a two-week continuing...
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Clever Accounting in the 2012 Budget
So you (and we) don’t have to, Jason likes to spend his time looking into arcane federal education budget issues. In this case he’s writing about a...
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Budget Process Reform in the President’s Budget
Welcome 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...
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‘Line’ Items: Valentine’s/Budget Day Edition
Share the Love – Today’s the big day: messages will be sent, some will be showered with love, and others will feel left out. Of course, today is...
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Bipartisan Commission Proposed to Eliminate Wasteful Government Programs
Yesterday, a bipartisan group of four Representatives introduced legislation to establish a permanent sunset commission. Representatives Jim Cooper (D...
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Bipartisan Senate Support for Enhanced Presidential Rescission Authority
Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Thomas Carper (D-DE) have joined efforts in yet another bipartisan pairing, this time to enable enhanced rescission...
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‘Line’ Items: Play On Edition
Budget Season Ramping Up – Football season may have ended last night, but budget season is just heating up. Lawmakers have introduced a plethora of...
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Balanced Budget Amendment Debate Gets Serious
The debate over a Constitutional balanced-budget amendment has been going on in Washington for quite some time. However, the current fiscal...
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It's Baaaaaaaaaaack: Simpson-Bowles Is Reappearing
It's an interesting time in the fiscal policy world right now. A lot of uncertainty is up in the air about what will happen with our deficits and debt...
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Senators McCaskill and Corker Introduce Spending Cap Bill
Another bipartisan group of Senators is introducing legislation to promote fiscal reform. Recently we saw Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Johnny...
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Sens. Isakson and Shaheen Renew Call for Biennial Budgeting
Late last week, Senators Johnny Isakson (R-GA) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) introduced legislation to revamp our budgeting process from an annual to a...
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‘Line’ Items: Super Bowl Edition
Game On – The Super Bowl in Texas won’t be until Sunday, but Washington had its own big game last week as President Obama gave his State of the Union...