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CBO Joins the Cliff Estimating Game
Estimates of the fiscal cliff that is set to occur at the end of the year have been popping up in recent weeks. Now CBO has lended its voice to the...
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How Big is the Fiscal Cliff?
UPDATE: This blog has been updated to include CBO's brief about the fiscal cliff. About a month ago, we reported our estimates of how much the fiscal...
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No Surprise: Fiscal Cliff Causing A Lot of Uncertainty
We have been warning for a few months now about the potential consequences of the fiscal cliff -- and adding to the debt by averting it all together...
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Erskine Bowles' Message Hits Home
On Sunday, Fiscal Commission co-chair and former White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles delivered a speech at American University's School of...
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Both Sides of "Taxmaggedon"
Former Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH) weighs in on the impact of "taxmaggedon" in The Hill today.
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Line Items: Game of Thrones Edition
Winter is Coming – HBO’s “Game of Thrones” has a legion of devoted fans. The show deftly combines mystical elements with real-world political intrigue...
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SequesterWatch: Dueling Replacement Alternatives Emerge in the House
Update: The House has passed the reconciliation and replacement bills by a 218-199 vote. We have already talked about the House reconciliation bills...
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Getting to a Grand Bargain
We all know about the fiscal cliff coming at year's end, and we all know policy makers will have to find a way out. Neither allowing the country to...
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CBO Director Lays Out Six Criteria for Evaluating Fiscal Plans
The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) doesn't make recommendations for, or against, any fiscal plan, but that doesn't mean they can't...
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How Might the Fiscal Cliff Play Out?
This week’s The Economist offers another analysis of the end-of-year fiscal cliff of tax increases and spending cuts that the United States faces...
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Dimon: "We Know the Way, It's Called Bowles-Simpson"
At an event at the University of Rochester's Simon School yesterday, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon made a direct call for the Simpson-Bowles...
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Yes, Actually, We Should Pay for the Tax Cuts
An article in The Hill today notes that House Republicans do not plan to offer offsets for the extension of the 2001/2003 tax cuts that expire at the...