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MY VIEW: Laura Tyson December 2013
CRFB board member Laura Tyson and Berkeley Research Group directors Eric Drabkin and Ken Serwin wrote in Project Syndicate in favor of Baucus's...
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MY VIEW: Alice Rivlin and Pete Domenici
With Congress is in recess, it's likely we won't see a deal this week, but the December 13th deadline for the budget conference committee is fast...
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My View: Judd Gregg November 2013
Though the government shutdown ended a little over a month ago, its effects still linger on. In an editorial published today in The Hill, former...
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Kent Conrad and Judd Gregg: With Order Restored, Let’s Act
The budget conference committee is holding its second hearing this morning as the conferees continue to try and work out a compromise between the...
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Jim Nussle: For Budget Conference, Start With The Pizza
Today was the first meeting of the budget conference committee negotiating over this year's discretionary spending levels. Although the first meeting...
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MY VIEW: Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson October 2013
The budget conference committee will begin to meet in full shortly, when the conferees will begin to look for a compromise between the Senate and...
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MY VIEW: Bill Frenzel October 2013
It is difficult to believe that nearly two weeks ago, our country was on the brink of default, the shutdown dragged on, and lawmakers seemed unable to...
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MY VIEW: Kent Conrad
Yesterday, CRFB board member and former Senate Budget Committee argued in the Washington Post that ultimately, additional revenue through...
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MY VIEW: Maya MacGuineas October 18 2013
The shutdown may be over and fears of a default adverted for now, but the reality remains that we still haven't made any progress on our debt problem...
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MY VIEW: Maya MacGuineas October 10 2013
In yesterday's New York Times, the paper asks in its " Room for Debate" series what federal spending we are better off without in light of the...
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Kent Conrad: A Way Out Possible
The government is still shut down, and the debt ceiling is looming around the corner. Markets are beginning to worry, and the country is facing its...
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MY VIEW: Rudy Penner October 2013
As we draw ever nearer to the projected deadline for hitting the debt ceiling, Congress still has not been able to make a deal. Today, CRFB board...