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Two Good Op-Eds From The New York Times
The New York Times had two interesting op-eds over the weekend on two essential components of deficit reduction: tax reform and health care costs...
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A Way to Reform the Tax Code, from AEI
Alex Brill of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) recently put out a tax reform plan that focuses on corporate taxes, but includes some individual...
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An Analysis of Rick Santorum's Tax Plan
After evaluating Mitt Romney's, Newt Gingrich's, Rick Perry's, and Herman Cain's proposals, the Tax Policy Center (TPC) has put out another analysis...
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NCSL Urges Washington to Go Big
Earlier this week, the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) released a letter to the President and leaders in Congress, urging them to "...
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Prelude to a Trigger
Both CBO and OMB in the last week released sequestration reports, technical reports that detail whether the government is adhering to discretionary...
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Hoyer Reaffirms Membership in Announcement Effect Club
Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) has been a member of CRFB's Announcement Effect Club since June of last year. During a briefing on the Hill yesterday...
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Jeff Zients to Serve As Acting OMB Director
Jeff Zients will once again ascend to the role of acting OMB director, according to a blog post on OMB's website. Zients had previously stepped into...
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What Is, and What Should Be, on the Table?
As lawmakers slowly return to town this week and next week, there will be an increasing focus on possible offsets for any extensions to expiring...
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‘Line’ Items: Playoff Edition
Playoffs in Full Swing – The Packers packed it in; the Broncos got busted; the Saints went marching out; and Houston had a problem as the NFL Playoffs...
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Reorganization Reemerges
In last year's State of the Union speech, President Obama promised to reorganize the government by consolidating agencies that had duplicative...
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President's Budget Update: Insourcing
The most recent focus of President Obama's initiatives has been on "insourcing," or providing incentives to companies to bring jobs back to the US...
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The Case for Tax Reform: Reducing the IRS's Administrative Burden and the Tax Gap
The Internal Revenue Service report on the 2006 tax gap, showing $385 billion (about 15 percent) of missing revenue, has made its rounds, sparking...