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Fed Chairman Speaks on The Urgent Need To Avert a Fiscal Cliff
In an address to the New York Economic Club today, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke commented on the state of the economic recovery and the...
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Line Items: NASCAR Edition
Racing to the Cliff – The NASCAR season ended on Sunday with Brad Keselowski claiming his first Sprint Cup championship. But fans of seeing things...
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"Go Big" Group Forming Again in the House
President Obama met with Congressional leaders last Friday to begin working toward a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff. Reportedly, the talks had an...
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Bill Frenzel: Going Off the Fiscal Cliff Is Good Policy—If You Like Unemployment
Former Congressman and CRFB Board Member Bill Frenzel has some advice for the so-called " fiscal cliff divers": don't even think about it! Going off...
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Maya MacGuineas: Five myths about the 'fiscal cliff'
Not long after her appeal to national leaders to work towards a bipartisan compromise, CRFB president Maya MacGuineas dispels 5 common misconceptions...
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Weinstein Proposes Cut-to-Invest Commission to Finance Infrastructure
A new report by CRFB and Moment of Truth Project consultant Paul Weinstein provides some guidance on how we could handle both our infrastructure...
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Five Fiscal Plans for Consideration
Today, the Peter G. Peterson Foundation held a follow-up event to its 2011 Solutions Initiative, in which policy organizations presented plans to deal...
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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...