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Appropriations Update: Will We Get a Spending Plan for Christmas?
Once again, Congress earlier this week had to pass a short-term stop-gap spending measure to keep the lights on. The House and Senate passed a...
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Fiscal Commission Votes This Morning
Update: 11 out of the commission's 18 members voted to approve of the final proposal. See our release here. The report is titled “ The Moment of Truth...
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CRFB Applauds Senators for Supporting Deficit Commission Plan
Update: Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) has also decided to support the Fiscal Commission's plan, helping to give the recommendations a bipartisan...
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CRFB's Table Comparing Deficit Reduction Plans
Since the Fiscal Commission released its final report yesterday, CRFB has updated its comprehensive table covering all of the deficit reduction...
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Fiscal Commission Receives a Majority of Votes!
Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) has just voted for the Fiscal Commission's final plan. In an op-ed in the Chicago Tribune explaining why he is choosing...
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Some in Washington Are Working on Deficit Reduction...but Others Aren't
In the wake of the release of the Fiscal Commission’s deficit reduction plan, it’s interesting to note the dichotomy between the focus on deficit...
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Stern Releases Plan to Lower the Budget Deficit...and the "Investment Deficit"
Today, Andy Stern, a member of the Fiscal Commission, released the 21st Century Plan for America’s Leadership, a proposal to reduce the federal...
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Fiscal Commission Joins the Announcement Effect Club!
In today's release of the Fiscal Commission's final recommendations, the report undoubtedly, unequivocally, indubitably joined the Announcement Effect...
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Fiscal Commission Meeting Coming Up
The President's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform will meet this morning to discuss the deficit reduction proposal they will...
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The Fiscal Commission's Plan
The co-chairs of the President's fiscal commission today released the deficit reduction plan that members will be asked to vote on Friday. Alan...
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CBO Unveils New TARP Estimate
CBO has issued new numbers for the total costs of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). CBO now estimates that TARP will cost $25 billion over the...