Budgets & Projections
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The Administrative Side of the Fiscal Cliff
Yesterday's The Hill reported on a letter that acting IRS commissioner Steven Miller sent to the heads of the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance...
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VP Meets Mayors in Hopes of Averting Fiscal Cliff
A couple of months ago, The United States Conference of Mayors, through a letter signed by a bipartisan group of 149 mayors across the country, called...
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Op-Ed: Now that the Election is Over, Let’s Fix the Country’s Debt Woes
The Hill | November 14, 2012 The election is over, the ballots have been counted and the TV commercials approved by the various candidates are...
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The Danger of a Fiscal Cliff Dive
As the President, Congress, business, labor, and other civic leaders meet this week to discuss a "Grand Bargain" on the fiscal cliff and our...
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Line Items: Service Edition
Answering the Call – Today is the federal government's observance of Veterans Day, the day the nation honors those who have served in the armed forces...
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The First Summit on Our Way to a Deal?
On Friday, President Obama spoke on the need to replace the "fiscal cliff" with a comprehensive plan to address the nation's unsustainable fiscal path...
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CBO Quantifies the Fiscal Cliff and the Challenge Ahead
CBO has released two new reports that detail our short run problem of the fiscal cliff and the long term challenge of reducing the debt. Reading the...
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Leaders of House and Senate Willing to Work Toward a Deal
Not long after Fitch sounded the alarm bells for the urgent need of a comprehensive debt deal, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), House Speaker...
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Op-Ed: Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff: Nothing is Sacrosanct
Tulsa World | November 8, 2012 For almost a decade and a half, I was honored to serve the great people of northeastern Oklahoma in Congress. Today, a...
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Op-Ed: Make a Deficit Deal Now
Washington Post | November 8, 2012 The American people spoke on Tuesday, and they voted for a continuation of divided government. With President Obama...
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Fitch Reminds Us What Lawmakers Must Do
While last night election is still many people's mind, the rating agency Fitch reminds us of the tremendous stakes of these next couple of months. In...
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Why We Need to "Go Big"
Richard Kogan at the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities has released a new report that argues that it may be a better goal for an upcoming budget...