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MY VIEW: Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson October 2013
Read moreThe budget conference committee will begin to meet in full shortly, when the conferees will begin to look for a compromise between the Senate and...
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Op-Ed: Stop the Madness, Start Discussing Long-Term Solutions to Debt Issues
Read moreThe Hill | October 29, 2013 The recent budget showdown was both completely predictable and totally avoidable, as was the resulting damage to our...
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Could Faster Growth Solve Our Debt Woes?
Read moreA number of commentators have suggested recently that our budget problems could be solved if only we focused more on promoting economic growth...
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MY VIEW: Bill Frenzel October 2013
Read moreIt 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
Read moreForbes | 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
Read moreYesterday, 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
Read moreYesterday, 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
Read moreThe 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
Read moreThis 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
Read moreAs 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
Read moreWith 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
Read moreThis 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...