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Federal versus Private Compensation: A Closer Look
CBO has a new report out, comparing federal and private-sector compensation for employees. The report shows that, on average, federal employees are...
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Panetta Presents New Defense Budget
Yesterday, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta fleshed out the widely-anticipated FY 2013 defense budget. The budget showed to some extent how the Obama...
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A Gimmick on the Rise
Update: The American College of Physicians has also called for eliminating the SGR and the sequester and partially paying for them with war savings...
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House Budget Committee Advances Process Reform Proposals
As we mentioned in our press release earlier this week, the House Budget Committee has been working on legislation to reform the current budget...
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CRFB Calls For Fiscal Responsibility From the Conference Committee
With Congress back in session this week, there is a renewed focus on several provisions that lawmakers extended for two-months in December and which...
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Recapping the State of the Union
President Obama gave his annual State of the Union address Tuesday night. The election-year speech contained a laundry list of proposals aimed to...
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CRFB Live Tweeting State of the Union
President Obama will be addressing the nation at 9 pm ET tonight for the annual State of the Union address, and CRFB will be active as well, live...
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Maya MacGuineas Testifies on Biennial Budgeting
Today, CRFB president Maya MacGuineas testified to the House Rules subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process on HR 114, a biennial budgeting...
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