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Polling Shows Americans Want a Deal
With the fiscal cliff inching closer and still no clear deal in sight, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds the American public overwelmingly...
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Two House Representatives Support a Two-Part Process
In a bipartisan op-ed in the Chicago Tribune, Reps. Robert Dold (R-IL) and Daniel Lupinski (D-IL) endorse a two-part process that avoids the fiscal...
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Confidence Drops in Light of the Fiscal Cliff
Now only three weeks away from the fiscal cliff, businesses and consumers are reacting to the economic uncertainty. The National Federation of...
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Make Your Own Deficit Reduction Plan!
All eyes are on Washington, as we see what the White House and the Congress agree on to avert the fiscal cliff and begin to tackle our debt. While we...
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Line Items: Overtime Edition
Crunch Time – The Washington Redskins kept their playoff hopes alive with a come-from-behind victory in sudden-death overtime over the Baltimore...
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GAO Releases Its Long Term Fiscal Outlook
The Government Accountability Office has updated its long-term budget outlook, showing once again that our budget deficit needs to seriously be...
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What We Hope To See From the Fiscal Cliff Negotiations
In recent weeks, we've heard a lot about what each side is willing to do to avoid the fiscal cliff, but not nearly enough about how lawmakers intend...
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Third Way on Why Low Interest Rates Won't Last
It may be true currently that although our national debt has been growing rapidly, interest rates are low. This fact has led some leading economic...
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Alan Simpson Appears on the Daily Show
Fiscal Commission co-chair Alan Simpson appeared last night on "The Daily Show" to talk about the fiscal cliff and the national debt. And of course...
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Op-Ed: Fiscal Cliff Deal: What We Need
Politico | December 6, 2012 When is a fiscal deal different from a Grand Bargain? When we talk about the solutions to two important and related...
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Taxpayers for Common Sense Lay Out Their Plan
Yesterday, Taxpayers for Common Sense sent a letter to President Obama, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV...