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Want to Understand The Appropriations Process? This 101 Will Tell You Everything You Need to Know
Appropriations season is in full swing. The House has already passed the Legislative Branch and Military Construction-Veterans Affairs bills, while...
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Senate Moves Forward on Increasing Deficit with Tax Extenders
The Senate is moving forward with tax extenders legislation, renewing a variety of breaks that expired at the end of last year for research, small...
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Senate Finance Committee Hearing on Transportation Funding
The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing May 6th titled, “ New Routes for Funding and Financing Highways and Transit.” During the hearing Senators...
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Where the Conference is Starting From
The first official meeting of the conference committee is expected to occur sometime next week, at which point the conferees will begin attempting to...
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Bad Ideas Watch: Shutdown/Debt Ceiling Edition
Bipartisan discussions over how to end the partial government shutdown and raise the debt ceiling are coming down to the wire as this week begins...
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Congressional Fiscal Leadership Council Urges Lawmakers to Action
Today, the Fix the Debt Campaign's Congressional Fiscal Leadership Council released an open letter signed by a group of 120 former Members of Congress...
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Q&A: Everything You Should Know About the Debt Ceiling
While it is incredibly disappointing that elected officials in Washington failed to avoid a government shutdown, attention is quickly turning towards...
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Senator Levin Presents Ideas for Sequester Replacement
Last week, Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) introduced legislation that would increase taxes on multinational companies, and suggested that the revenue...
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Q&A: Everything You Should Know About Government Shutdowns
Congress faces a number of looming fiscal crises this fall, and the first obstacle is just around the corner -- if lawmakers fail to pass legislation...
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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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The Student Loan Saga Ends?
After weeks of deliberation and two and a half weeks after a key deadline passed, we finally have a deal on student loans. A bipartisan group of...
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Appropriations Update: Sequester Looms Large in the Process
The appropriations process is usually arduous, but this year may be even more so. The largest disagreement between the Senate and House, which is...