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President Proposes 1% Pay Increase for Federal Workers
Last Friday, President Obama sent a letter to Congress calling for a 1 percent pay raise for federal civilian workers next year. The White House...
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Leon Panetta: Sequestration Creating Self-Inflicted Wounds
In today's Washington Post, former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta criticizes the limited effort so far in replacing sequestration. Panetta...
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Taking a Broader Look at Federal Support for Education
On Friday, we discussed the President's recent speeches on his policy proposals for higher education. With most K-12 schools and university funding...
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The President's Higher Education Proposals
As part of an ongoing series of economic speeches entitled A Better Bargain for the Middle Class, President Obama spoke yesterday at the University of...
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Want to Protect Low-Income Individuals? Look Toward a Grand Bargain
Today, a piece in the Financial Times shows the unnecessary damage being done by the ongoing sequester -- in this case, sharp cuts to federal support...
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The President's Housing Reform Proposals
Yesterday in Phoenix, one of the hardest hit areas by the housing bust, President Obama gave a speech that laid out his plan to strengthen the housing...
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Appropriations Bill Lands With a THUD on the Floor
Yesterday, the House Transportation-Housing and Urban Development (THUD) appropriations bill was removed from floor consideration, showing a lack of...
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On the President's Proposed "Grand Bargain"
The talk of the town in recent days has been President Obama's new plan to combine corporate tax reform with public investments in what President...
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NYT Gets It Wrong on the Student Loan Deal
A recent New York Times editorial gets it wrong by opposing a bipartisan student loan deal that would lower interest rates for all new students today...
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The Student Loan Agreement: Not a Bad Deal for Students
Yesterday, CRFB praised the recent bipartisan agreement to enact a permanent fix for student loans instead of another temporary and costly solution...
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Hagel Releases DoD Contingency Plan
The sequester has always been a blunt and mindless way to reduce the deficit, and for the Defense Department, its effects are now clearly being seen...