Fiscal Cliff
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Third Way: Both Revenue Increases and Spending Cuts Are Needed
Two new Third Way papers by David Brown, Gabe Horwitz, David Kendall together present an arguement that we have been making for a while now—that the...
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Geithner Calls for a "Go Smart" Approach
In an interview with Charlie Rose at the Clinton Global Initiative's annual meeting, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner endorsed a "Go Smart"...
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Armed Services Committee Senators Call For a Deal
Yesterday, a group of six senators from both parties signed a letter to Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell...
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149 Mayors Call for a Debt Deal
The United States Conference of Mayors has written a letter signed by 149 mayors across the country, a bipartisan collection including the likes of...
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NPR Breaks Down the Fiscal Cliff
Today, NPR's Planet Money featured a helpful "three and a half graphic" breakdown of the fiscal cliff, relying on CRFB's figures. The piece breaks...
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Quantifying the Effects of Uncertainty
We have seen many lawmakers and business leaders claim that the fiscal cliff is holding back the recovery and leading to higher unemployment, and in...
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MY VIEW: Maya MacGuineas September 2012
CRFB President Maya MacGuineas writes in today's The Hill that as Congress returns home for another recess, there is plenty of evidence that...
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The Sequester Report Is Out
The legally required report on what programs the automatic sequester would apply to and how large the cuts would be, as stipulated in last month's...
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Where the Axe Will Fall: A Detailed Look at the Sequester
This afternoon, the OMB released its legally required report on the $1.2 trillion sequester, detailing how and where the cuts would fall on the...
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Barry Anderson: Don’t Delay Fencing Off the ‘Fiscal Cliff’
CRFB board member Barry Anderson, along with Steve Bell of the Bipartisan Policy Center and Joe Minarik of the Committee for Economic Development...
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Warning Shots for Lawmakers on the Debt
Today, the credit rating agency Moody’s made it clear that it is unlikely that the U.S. will be able to maintain its Aaa rating unless a comprehensive...
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Rendell and Gregg Urge a Third Path for the Budget
In an op-ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Campaign to Fix the Debt Co-Chair Ed Rendell called for politicians to rise above partisan politics and...