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Bill Hoagland: Nation Does Not Need Another Government Shutdown
As Congress returns to Washington today, the clock is ticking to September 30, the end of the government's fiscal year and the date after which the...
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MY VIEW: Judd Gregg September 2013
Congress returned to Washington today and lawmakers will find their to-do list packed. But in today's The Hill, former Governor and Senator Judd Gregg...
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MY VIEW: Jim McCrery
When Congress returns from recess in early September, they will have to address two major upcoming challenges: pass appropriations for next year...
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MY VIEW: Bill Frenzel August 2013
It's the dog days of August and with Congress in recess, we can do nothing but wait to resolve some of the upcoming fiscal challenges that lie ahead...
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MY VIEW: Bob Packwood
As the Senate Finance Committee looks to take up tax reform, one of the higher ranking members on the Committee who will likely shape the process is...
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MY VIEW: Judd Gregg July 2013
In the midst of our slow economic recovery, both the public and our Congressional leaders alike can too easily narrow their field of vision to solely...
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MY VIEW: Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson July 2013
Today, Fiscal Commission co-chairs and CRFB board members Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson published an op-ed in Politico reiterating their support for...
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MY VIEW: Marc Goldwein July 2013
Should Social Security cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) be trimmed? In a recently released CQ Researcher Report focusing on government spending...
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Gene Steuerle: The Baucus-Hatch “Blank Slate” Approach to Tax Reform Could Be Revolutionary
The lead up to July 4th brought an exciting development in fiscal policy discussions: a commitment from Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus...
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MY VIEW: Bill Frenzel July 2013
In a Brookings Institution piece, CRFB board member and former Representative Bill Frenzel (R-MN) addressed the next biggest item emerging on the...
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MY VIEW: Laura Tyson June 28 2013
Today, on The New York Times' Economix blog, former Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers and CRFB board member Laura Tyson discusses the possible...
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MY VIEW: Alice Rivlin June 2013
In an article from The New England Journal of Medicine, CRFB board member Alice Rivlin along with former Senators Tom Daschle, Pete Domenici, and...