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Senate Sequester Proposals Get Scored
Read moreWe brought up a couple of weeks ago that there were a number of plans to replace the sequester for either a year or permanently. Now, CBO has given us...
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Brookings Rethinks...Natural Disasters, Transportation, Visas & Housing
Read moreOur fourth blog on "15 Ways to Rethink the Federal Budget," a new report from the Brookings Institution's Hamilton project examines national disaster...
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Op-Ed: A Bad Sequester Is Worlds Better Than No Budget Deal At All
Read moreForbes | February 26, 2013 Barring an unexpected breakthrough agreement between the Democratic Senate and the Republican House, the federal budget...
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Brookings Rethinks and Remakes the Federal Budget
Read moreToday, the Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution will be kicking off its " 15 Ways to Rethink the Federal Budget" project with an event on two...
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FAQ's About the New Framework From Simpson and Bowles
Read moreOn Tuesday, former Fiscal Commission co-chairs Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson released a framework that calls for an additional $2.4 trillion in...
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Poll Shows Economists Believe Grand Bargain Could Help Growth
Read moreYesterday, we highlighted the consensus between economists and leaders in both parties on the need to replace the sequester. Today, a USA Today poll...
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Democrats, Republicans, Economists All Want to Replace the Sequester
Read moreWith the March 1 deadline of sequestration only nine days away, lawmakers should work toward developing a plan that would replace the across-the-board...
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Op-Ed: Education Presidents And Governors: Ain't Gonna Happen
Read moreThe Government We Deserve | February 20, 2013 In last week’s State of the Union speech, President Obama put great emphasis on expanding early...
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Op-Ed: The Country Must Act to Address the Debt
Read moreUS News & World Report | February 20, 2012 My old pal Erskine Bowles and I were deeply disappointed by the failure to reach agreement on a long-term...
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Simpson and Bowles Release $2.4 Trillion Deficit Reduction Framework
Read moreToday, former Fiscal Commission co-chairs and Moment of Truth Project co-founders Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson have released a new framework...
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Op-Ed: Obama, We Need Honest Dialogue on Debt
Read moreCNN | February 16, 2013 This week the president faced the American people to talk about, among other things, the budget. He said the right things...
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Op-Ed: Memo to Congress, White House: Get Serious on Debt
Read morePolitico | February 15, 2013 The continual fiscal brinkmanship of the past two years — in which policymakers go from crisis to crisis, avoiding...