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Senate Hearing on Budget Process Reform
The Senate Budget Committee is holding a hearing on budget process reform called "Improving the Budget Process: Strategies for More Effective...
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A Look at Medigap Reforms
The Washington Post had an editorial yesterday supporting efforts to restrict first-dollar coverage for Medigap. Medigap is a form of private...
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MY VIEW: Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson October 2011
Sunday's Washington Post featured an op-ed written by Fiscal Commission and Moment of Truth project co-chairs (and CRFB board members!) Erskine Bowles...
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‘Line’ Items: New Fiscal Year Edition
New Year, Old Story – Saturday was the first day of Fiscal Year 2012. CRFB rang out the old fiscal year with a look back at the relevant numbers, and...
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Waving Goodbye to FY 2011
With the end of September comes the end of the fiscal year, so it's time to look back on the year that was. We've had a whirlwind year of exciting...
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155 Business Groups Want Super Committee to Go Big
Today, a collection of 155 business organizations representing a wide variety of interests joined the "Go Big" call. In doing so, they have joined 38...
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Houses Passes CR, But Unresolved Issues Remain
In what was basically a formality, this morning the House of Representatives approved a super short-term continuing resolution (CR) to keep the...
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Lieberman and Coburn Urge Super Committee to Take Up Medicare
The submissions keep on coming. Now, Senators Tom Coburn (R-OK) and Joe Lieberman (I-CT) have sent a letter to the Super Committee, pressing them to...
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