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MY VIEW: Bill Frenzel October 2013
It is difficult to believe that nearly two weeks ago, our country was on the brink of default, the shutdown dragged on, and lawmakers seemed unable to...
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The Budget Crisis Is Over (Temporarily), But Another Is Coming Soon
Forbes | October 25, 2013 Each house passed a budget for FY 2014. Those budgets were miles apart but neither house showed any interest in negotiating...
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CBO Lowers Estimate for Increasing the Medicare Eligibility Age
Yesterday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) dramatically lowered its estimate of savings if policymakers chose to increase the Medicare...
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MY VIEW: Kent Conrad
Yesterday, CRFB board member and former Senate Budget Committee argued in the Washington Post that ultimately, additional revenue through...
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Op-Ed: A Fair Trade for Entitlement Reform Includes Increased Revenue
The Washington Post | October 25, 2013 The Post’s Oct. 20 editorial on the budget challenge [ “A fiscal quid pro quo”] made important points but was...
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Q&A: Everything You Need to Know About a Budget Conference
This year, Congress made it a priority to pass a concurrent budget resolution. Both the House of Representatives and Senate passed their own budget...
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Q&A: Everything You Should Know About the Conference Committee
As part of the bipartisan deal to end the government shutdown and avoid default, a budget conference was established. The purpose of this conference...
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Taking Another Look at the Fiscal Speed Bumps Ahead
With a deal on the appropriations bill last week, the government has been reopened and a default has been avoided. But the reality is that lawmakers...
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The Tax Break-Down: Foreign Earned Income Exclusion
This is the twelfth post in our blog series, The Tax Break-Down, which will analyze and review tax breaks under discussion as part of tax reform. Last...
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Citizens for Tax Justice Releases Tax Reform Plan
Citizens for Tax Justice has released a new tax reform plan which eliminates some tax breaks and uses some of the revenue to cut the top rate and...
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Line Items: Back in Business Edition
Shutdown Smackdown – The shutdown ended and a default was averted last week, but the fallout continues as voters express their displeasure with...
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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...