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2015’s Fiscal Follies and Reasons for Hope
It’s the end of the year and like so many organizations, CRFB wanted to share with you our top 10 list: a look back at Congress’s 10 top fiscal...
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Does the U.S. Spend $80 Billion a Year on Incarceration?
At the third Democratic debate, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said "We are spending $80 billion a year locking up our fellow Americans," using the...
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Policymakers Dig Hole $1.2 Trillion Deeper in 2015
With debt already around its highest level as a share of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) other than around World War II and estimated to grow with no end...
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Flake Releases “Wastebook: The Farce Awakens”
Carrying on the tradition of retired Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK), Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) this week released the 2015 edition of the Wastebook: The...
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Update: What Will Happen If the Government Shuts Down?
Here we go again, again. With government funding set to expire at the end of the week and no deal on the table, it is possible that the government...
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Hillary Clinton Releases Infrastructure Plan
This blog is part of a series of " Policy Explainers" for the 2016 presidential election, where we explain some of the candidates' policy proposals...
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Highway Conference Agreement is Both Gimmicky and Costly
Congressional negotiators this week released a conference agreement on highway spending authorization that will largely settle the issue of highway...
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Lankford Publishes Federal Fumbles
Senator James Lankford (R-OK), former Sen. Tom Coburn's (R-OK) successor, is maintaining the Debt Doctor's legacy with his Federal Fumbles book...
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Five-Year Highway Bill Could Be a Costly Mistake
As the House and Senate are conferencing their highway bills, a debate has broken out over how to spend the $78 billion of offsets. Setting aside the...
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Does Significantly Less Than 10 Percent of Defense Spending Go to Fighting International Terrorism?
During the November 14th Democratic debate, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said “We're spending over $600 billion a year on the military and yet...