Domestic Spending
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‘Line’ Items: Dreams and Schemes Edition
Can Dreams of Cooperation be Fulfilled? – Yesterday the nation celebrated the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. His vision of unity and...
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Taxpayers for Common Sense Proposes Budget Cuts
The independent, non-partisan policy group Taxpayers for Common Sense (TCS) released their recommendations for how to reduce the deficit. They...
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CNN Money Exclusive: Why GOP Agenda Could Make Debt Worse
In her latest commentary on CNN Money, CRFB President Maya MacGuineas says that despite the rhetoric on reducing the deficit, some of the high-profile...
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House Takes Early Steps on Deficit Reduction
The 112th Congress has moved quickly to signal a new focus on fiscal responsibility and attention to our ballooning national debt. As Congress...
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So, How Much Would Republicans Cut Spending?
In the Pledge to America released this past fall, House Republicans called for "[rolling] back government spending to pre-stimulus, prebailout levels...
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House Passes Hybrid Spending Bill; Year-long Budget Disaster Nears Conclusion
Continuing its year-long lesson in "How Not To Budget," the House Wednesday passed legislation that would freeze overall Fiscal Year 2011...
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The Center for American Progress Gets Specific
Today, the Center for American Progress released a plan to get specific on our growing deficits and debt. Or, rather, they've released five...
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Setting the Record Straight on Spending Cuts and Taxes in the Fiscal Commission Plan
In a Heritage Foundation analysis of the President's Fiscal Commission's final plan, Brian Riedl argues that the recommendations have "too much taxes...
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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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President Obama Freezes Federal Worker Pay for Two Years
President Obama announced today that he is freezing federal pay for the next two years. This action will save $60 billion over the next ten years, and...
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Another Blue-Ribbon Group Weighs In
The drumbeat for action to reduce our long-term debt continues. Today the Debt Reduction Task Force of the Bipartisan Policy Center issued its...
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Jan's Plan
For about a week now, we've been telling critics of the Co-Chairs' Plan to throw ideas, not stones. So, good for Jan Schakowsky. Rep. Schakowsky (D-IL...