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Fix the Debt in the News
In The Wall Street Journal yesterday, economics editor David Wessel wrote about the Fix the Debt campaign's effort to shape the deficit debate in...
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QE3 Is on the Way
After months of speculation and anticipation, the Federal Open Market Committee decided to undertake a third round of quantitative easing. The...
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CR Set to Move Ahead of Shutdown Deadline
For all you can say about the budget process in recent years, at least this time Congress is on track to resolve spending levels ahead of a deadline -...
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Event Recap: "Economic and Foreign Policy Implications of America's Debt"
The Center for Strategic and International Studies hosted an event today chaired by former Senators Sam Nunn (D-GA), who is a member of the steering...
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Possible Questions for a Debt Debate
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, along with many others, have been calling on the presidential candidates to Debate the Debt, and more...
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Barry Anderson: Don’t Delay Fencing Off the ‘Fiscal Cliff’
CRFB board member Barry Anderson, along with Steve Bell of the Bipartisan Policy Center and Joe Minarik of the Committee for Economic Development...
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Op-Ed: Don't Delay Fencing Off the Fiscal Cliff
The Hill | September 11, 2012 Washington’s new pet solution to the “fiscal cliff” — the spending sequester and the expiration of tax cuts scheduled to...
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Treasury Winds Down TARP Support of AIG
As the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) continues to wind down, the biggest programs remaining are the support of GM and AIG. The latest estimate...
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Warning Shots for Lawmakers on the Debt
Today, the credit rating agency Moody’s made it clear that it is unlikely that the U.S. will be able to maintain its Aaa rating unless a comprehensive...
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An Open Letter to Fix the Debt
In a joint POLITICO ad with the Concord Coalition and the Bipartisan Policy Center, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget sent an open letter...
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