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What Congress Needs to Do in the Next Two Weeks
Congress has a long checklist of things it has to do by the end of September. On Tuesday, it informally crossed one thing off when the House passed a...
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Blue Dogs Bark for Super Committee to “Think Bigger”
Today, members of the Blue Dog Coalition—a group of fiscally conservative Democrats—sent a letter to the Super Committee urging it to exceed the...
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Vice President Convenes Waste-Reduction Meeting
Today, Vice President Joe Biden convened the first cabinet-level meeting as part of the Administration's "Campaign to Cut Waste." He also announced a...
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First Super Committee Hearing at 10:30am, Live on C-SPAN3
UPDATE: The Super Committee hearing has begun and is streaming live on the Super Committee's website and on C-SPAN3 . Today, the Joint Select...
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Go Big Gaining Momentum
Yesterday, we released a letter signed by over 60 leading budget experts from various fields urging the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (...
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Offsetting the Jobs Bill
Yesterday, the President offered a plan for how he would pay for his $447 billion jobs proposal. The pay-fors would come entirely from revenues...
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‘Line’ Items: Kick Off Edition
Are You Ready for Some (Political) Football? – Football season got underway this weekend with hard-hitting action and thrilling finishes. Additionally...
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Letter Urging Super Committee to "Go Big" Signed by Over 60 Business Leaders, Former Government Officials and Experts
Following CRFB's theme of urging the Super Committee to "go big," a group of more than 60 former lawmakers, policymakers, economists and business...
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Press Conference and Letter Urging Super Committee to "Go Big"
Update: Click here to watch C-SPAN's video of the press conference. This afternoon, CRFB will be hosting a press conference at the National Press Club...
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The Specifics of Obama's American Jobs Act
Yesterday evening, President Obama addressed a Joint Session of Congress to propose his newest economic recovery measure -- The American Jobs Act. The...