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Fed Weighs Options on What to Do Next
Read moreAppearing before the House Financial Services Committee yesterday, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke signaled that the Fed was keeping all options on the...
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Bipartisan Support for the Chained CPI
Read moreTalk of switching to the chained CPI for all inflation indexed elements of the federal budget has continued gaining much attention in the past few...
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Business Leaders Urge Policymakers to Raise the Debt Ceiling and Enact Long-Term Fiscal Plan
Read moreYesterday, nearly five hundred business leaders and organizations sent a letter to the President and members of Congress joining the chorus of other...
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Debt Deal Talks Heading into the 11th Hour
Read moreThe budget and debt-limit negotiations are approaching the 11th hour. Congressional leaders and the President continue negotiating over a deficit...
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Moody's Considers Downgrading U.S. Over Debt Limit Stalemate
Read moreUpdate 7/15: S&P has joined Moody's in issuing new warnings to the United States. Putting the country on "negative watch," S&P warned that it could...
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Details Emerging About Sen. Conrad's Budget
Read moreIt's the budget that's been stuck in limbo. Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND), chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, has reportedly been working on a Senate...
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CNN MONEY EXCLUSIVE: Go Big on the Debt Ceiling
Read moreIn her latest commentary for CNN Money, CRFB president Maya MacGuineas urges Washington lawmakers to go big on the debt ceiling. She also lays out...
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‘Line’ Items: Goals Edition
Read moreClutch Goals -- The U.S. Women’s Soccer team scored an improbable victory over Brazil on Sunday in the Women’s World Cup, overcoming a scoring and...
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Op-Ed: Go Big on the Debt Ceiling
Read moreCNN Money | July 9, 2011 So President Obama has reportedly given congressional leaders a menu of options in the debt ceiling talks: a small, temporary...
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Op-Ed: If Washington Worked, Here's How We'd Fix the Budget
Read moreThe Atlantic | July 6, 2011 Seven months after the president's deficit commission released its report, Washington is embroiled in a self-destructive...
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The Facts on the Chained CPI
Read moreCoverage of the so-called "chained CPI" has been heating up recently, due to rumors that it might be included in the latest round of debt negotiations...