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MY VIEW: David Walker September 18, 2013
Many are pessimistic about whether Congress will be able to meaningfully address our countries debt challenges this fall, especially with the...
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Streaming Live: Defining Moments for the Debt
This morning, at 9 AM Eastern time at the Capitol Visitors Center, CRFB will host " Defining Moments for the Debt," an event which will discuss the...
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CBO Releases Long-Term Budget Outlook
It's here — CBO has released its updated long-term baseline. Since December, many commentators have attempted to see where we stand since the fiscal...
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CRFB's Breakdown of the Long-Term Outlook
CBO's Long-Term Budget Outlook is a sizeable 126-page document with tons of facts and figures, and an accompanying spreadsheet with even more data. In...
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Op-Ed: Reason to Hope for Fiscal Sanity
The Hill | September 17, 2013 For more than a decade, I have dedicated myself to sounding the alarm about our government’s fiscal mismanagement and...
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SGR Bill a Good Start but More Can Be Done for Less
The Congressional Budget Office, on Friday, estimated that the Energy & Commerce Committee’s (E&C) bill to permanently replace the flawed Sustainable...
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As the Fed Meets, CRFB Quantifies Interest Rate Risk Facing the Budget
Beginning tomorrow, the Federal Open Market Committee, the Fed's interest rate setting and deliberative body that meets eight times a year -- will...
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MY VIEW: Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson September 2013
We are now another week closer to a possible government showdown, and still no viable solution has emerged. But while a deal may have not come...
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Op-Ed: Government Shutdown? A Leap of Trust Can Seal a Budget Deal
Christian Science Monitor | September 16, 2012 Budget talk in Washington is again dominated by nonnegotiable demands and a potential government...
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