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Republican Congressmen Introduce Legislation to Reduce Size of Federal Workforce
Rep. Darrell Issa, (R-CA), Rep. Dennis Ross, (R-FL), and Rep. Jason Chaffetz, (R-UT) recently introduced legislation that would cut the federal...
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Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson: The Gang of Six is our best shot
In an op-ed today in the Washington Post, CRFB board members Erskine Bowles and Senator Alan Simpson argue that the Gang of Six -- despite hitting a...
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Comparing Six Fiscal Plans
Yesterday at the Peterson Foundation's 2011 Fiscal Summit, six think tanks --Heritage, AEI, EPI, Center for American Progress, Bipartisan Policy...
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Senate Rejects Four Budgets
Yesterday, the Senate voted on four budget resolutions ( Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) , Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI)/ House Passed Budget...
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Fiscal Summit Today
Fiscal policy experts and policymakers gather today for the second annual Fiscal Summit in Washington, DC, convened by the Peter G. Peterson...
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FY 2012 Appropriations Update: The House Is in Motion
Attempting not to replicate last year's/this year's FY 2011 appropriations debacle, the House is moving the FY 2012 process in a relatively timely...
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Check Out WaPo's Interactive Graphic
The Washington Post has a great interactive graphic up on their website that allows you to compare several major fiscal plans -- and it's based on...
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OMB Attacks Improper Payments Again
We talked a lot last year about OMB efforts to improve government efficiency, culminating in the Improper Payment Elimination and Recovery Act in July...
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‘Line’ Items: Dark Horse Edition
Not Rounding the Bend Yet – Like the Triple Crown field, the fiscal policy landscape is muddled with several solutions vying to break out from the...
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A Few Interesting Reports from CBO
In the past few days, CBO has released a few documents that might be of interest to budget wonks. The first is a further analysis of the final FY 2011...