Fiscal Plans
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Graphs, Graphs, Graphs: Comparing the FY 2013 Budgets
Just in case the whirlwind of plans out last week gave you a headache, the Bipartisan Policy Center has a number of comparisons for all the...
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CRFB President on the National Debt Tour and Fiscal Developments
On CNBC's Squawk Box this morning, CRFB president Maya MacGuineas talks about the National Debt Tour and other developments in fiscal policy recently...
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Thanks for Your Fiscal Bravery
Yesterday, 38 members of the House cast votes for the bipartisan budget resolution that is modeled after Simpson-Bowles. 22 Democrats and 16...
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What Congress Should Do With the Fiscal Cliff
With a large number of policies set to expire or kick in at the end of the year, with serious fiscal impacts, CRFB has released a paper laying out the...
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Additional Alternatives to the House Republican Budget
Update: We have updated the table with outlays, revenue, and debt numbers for the Congressional Black Caucus plan. Yesterday was a very busy day for...
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Setting the Record Straight on Cooper-LaTourette
There have been a lot of claims circulating around about the "Simpson Bowles Alternative Budget Resolution" proposed by Congressmen Cooper, LaTourette...
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Cooper and LaTourette Introduce Bipartisan Budget Resolution
In addition to the House Republican budget, a number of other budget resolutions have come out within the past few days (we will be writing about them...
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It Turns Out Ryan and Obama Agree on Putting Medicare in a Budget
With Congressman Paul Ryan's (R-WI) new budget comes an interesting piece of good news: an apparent agreement between House Republicans and President...
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The Ryan Budget in the Long Term
According to CBO’s report on the budget targets specified by Chairman Ryan and his staff (not a more traditional scoring of policies for whatever...
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Ryan Reprise: House Budget Committee Chairman Releases New Budget
This morning, House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) presented the House Republican budget, one that is similar to last year's budget...
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CRFB Compares the Major Deficit Reduction Plans
Comparing fiscal plans can often be a difficult task. The plans may use different baselines, use different ten-year windows, have different estimates...
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Jumping Through Hoops to Avoid the Sequester
Yesterday, in POLITICO David Rogers had an article about an effort in the House to temporarily delay the sequester scheduled to hit at year's end. As...