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New Report Finds Abuse of Disability Insurance System
Earlier this week, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs convened a hearing addressing fraudulent behavior in the Social...
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Op-Ed: A Way Out Possible
The Hill | October 9, 2013 We are on a collision course with financial calamity. A first-time-ever failure to extend the federal debt limit would lead...
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Op-Ed: We Already Knew the Real Solutions
New York Times | October 9, 2013 As we enter the second week of the government shutdown, one area of government waste has been clearly exposed: the...
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Rep. Paul Ryan Floats a Down Payment
In an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal, House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) presents a possible down payment on the debt as a way out of...
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Another Super Committee?
Update: The Obama Administration has issued a veto threat for the bill, instead preferring that Congress pass a clean CR and debt ceiling increase. As...
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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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One-Month T-Bill Shows Market Skittishness
As we continue to approach the October 17 deadline when the Treasury Department estimates that extraordinary measures will be exhausted, leaving...
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George Voinovich: Congress Shouldn't Get Paid After Letting Down the Country With Latest Shutdown
In an op-ed in the Cleveland Plain Dealer yesterday, former Senator George Voinovich (R-OH) criticized the current Congress not just for the ongoing...
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Government Shutdown Limits Budget Data, Too
Last week, we noted that the furlough of "non-essential" employees at the Congressional Budget Office due to the government shutdown could halt the...
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MY VIEW: Tim Penny October 2013
On Day 7 of the government shutdown, it is not surprising that we are talking about a "leadership deficit" as much as the federal deficit. While there...
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Op-Ed: If Congress Won't Lead, Others Must
Star Tribune | October 5, 2013 Here we are again, watching as our national leaders engage in another fiscal fistfight. Partisan rancor, sadly, is now...
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Super Committee Savings Target Was 150% of Sequestration
Previously, we've voiced a number of concerns about sequestration, including that it is too abrupt, too mindless, too focused on the discretionary...