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Senate Finance Committee Discusses Enforcement Mechanisms
Since President Obama put the idea of a debt trigger in the public's mind, it has become a hot topic. Third Way recently put out a piece detailing...
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‘Line’ Items: Two Weddings and a Burial Edition
Wedding Vows and Vows Kept – Last week the royal wedding in England between William and Kate garnered a great deal of attention on this side of the...
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‘Line’ Items: Tax Day Edition
Happy Tax Day – Today is about the consequences of procrastination for the great many waiting until the last minute to file their federal income tax...
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Giving Taxpayers a Receipt
Just in time for Tax Day on Monday, the White House website has launched a taxpayer receipt. By entering what one has paid in federal taxes, the new...
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Finally, We Have a Budget for This Year
The House and Senate today approved of legislation funding the federal government for the rest of the fiscal year, ratifying the agreement reached...
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Sens. Wyden and Coats Introduce Tax Reform Legislation
Today, Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Dan Coats (R-IN) introduced bipartisan legislation to comprehensively reform the existing U.S. tax system in a...
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The Unlikely Fiscal Pair
If the current budget drama in Washington ever becomes the stuff of a feature film--yes, a real stretch, but we've seen worse from Hollywood--maybe it...
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64 Senators Call On President Obama to Lead on Deficit and Engage in Broader Discussion
Today, a bipartisan group of 64 Senators sent a letter to President Obama urging him to show leadership on reducing the federal deficit and to take a...
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23 Senate Republicans Urge Obama to Address Deficit
Yesterday, a group of 23 Republican Senators sent a letter to President Obama stating that any further increases in the debt limit should be...
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Budget Process Reform Gets Attention on Capitol Hill
Everyone can recognize that the budget process is broken, but unfortunately not much has been done so far to fix it. Work such as the Peterson-Pew...
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‘Line’ Items: Brackets and Budgets Edition
Brackets – As many busy themselves today going over the brackets for the big tourney, picking the next Cinderella and who will win it all, the real...
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Senator Sanders Proposes Revenue Increases to Address the Deficit
Updated : Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), formerly of the President's Fiscal Commission, has introduced similar legislation in the House. Sen...