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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...
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When It Comes to Deficit Reduction, Timing Matters
The news that Britain has entered into a double-dip recession touched off a fierce debate last week over the role of austerity in the country's...
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How Is the House Replacing the Sequester?
Update: CBO has posted scores for the Energy and Commerce and Oversight bills. They would save $113 billion and $83.3 billion, respectively, over ten...
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MacGuineas: Make Candidates Debate the Debt
Today, we are launching DebateTheDebt.org, a site where you can sign a petition calling for a real debate devoted to the debt. In that vein, CRFB...
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