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There's a New Sheriff in Town...For Now
With Peter Orszag leaving OMB last Friday and Jacob Lew yet to be sworn in, Jeff Zients has been called in to fill the gap as acting director of OMB...
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‘Line’ Items: War Supplemental Finally Passes; Small Biz Bill Not So Lucky
House Gone, Senate Eyeing the Exit – The House started its six-week recess Friday and the Senate will adjourn at the end of this week. Debate and a...
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Appropriations Update: Lawmakers Moving 2011 Spending Bills
Signaling their desire to be more austere, House and Senate appropriators continued pushing their Fiscal 2011 spending bills through the system this...
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Barry Anderson's Testimony Before the Fiscal Commission
In his testimony before the President’s fiscal commission, Barry Anderson discussed the characteristics of budget systems, the roles that fiscal rules...
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Maya MacGuineas Testimony Before the Fiscal Commission
Testimony of Maya MacGuineas President, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget Director, Fiscal Policy Program, New America Foundation Before the...
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The Truth Can Help Set Us Free of Debt
Add another solid idea to the growing list of proposals to help improve federal budgeting and put the country on a sustainable fiscal course...
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CRFB Testifies Before the President’s Fiscal Commission
The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform held its fourth meeting yesterday where it heard from our very own CRFB President, Maya...
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CRFB President Testifies Before President's Fiscal Commission
This morning, CRFB president Maya MacGuineas will testify before the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, an executive committee...
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Peter has (Almost) Left the Building
Appearing at his old alma mater, the Brookings Institution, Wednesday, Peter Orszag bid adieu to public sector employment in his final public...
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CBO: Our Increased Fiscal Crisis Risk
"The current fiscal path of the federal government is unsustainable." This sentence begins any discussion about the future of US fiscal policy and CBO...
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More from the Mid-Session Review
The OMB's Mid-Session Review (MSR) came out late on Friday afternoon with no fanfare from the Administration (though we did put out a paper yesterday)...
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