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Republican Study Committee Proposes Spending Cuts
Today the Republican Study Committee (RSC), the caucus of conservatives in the House of Representatives, announced their proposal for reducing our...
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CRFB's New Video Contest!
How do you want Washington to get our country's fiscal house in order? CRFB's Fiscal Roadmap Project has just launched a new "Voices of America" video...
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PAYGO Annual Report Shows Glaring Exemptions
OMB recently released an annual report on PAYGO, showing the budgetary impacts of PAYGO legislation, current policy exemptions, and exemptions for...
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Spotlight on the States: California
While we are keenly aware that the "F" in CRFB stands for "Federal", it is difficult to ignore the budget plight of the states. According to the...
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Christina Romer Gives Recommendations for State of the Union
Dr. Christina Romer is calling for President Obama to use his January 25th State of the Union address as a means to outline a credible plan to lower...
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CNN Money Exclusive: National debt: The ugly facts
In her latest commentary on CNN Money, CRFB President Maya MacGuineas discusses the ugly facts about our national debt. If Congress and the president...
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The Case for Defense Cuts
With much of Washington talking about how to address our fiscal situation, more specific budget areas are coming into focus. One area that some are...
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‘Line’ Items: Dreams and Schemes Edition
Can Dreams of Cooperation be Fulfilled? – Yesterday the nation celebrated the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. His vision of unity and...
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Op-Ed: National debt: The ugly facts
CNN Money | January 17, 2011 The facts are ugly. The federal debt, which has averaged less than 40% of the total economy, now represents more than 60%...
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Bruce Reed Named as Biden's Chief of Staff
Today, Vice President Joe Biden announced that Bruce Reed will be his next chief of staff. Bruce served as Executive Director of the President's...
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Taxpayers for Common Sense Proposes Budget Cuts
The independent, non-partisan policy group Taxpayers for Common Sense (TCS) released their recommendations for how to reduce the deficit. They...
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Eichengreen Warns U.S. over Budget Mismanagement
Economist Barry Eichengreen warned the U.S. over at VoxEU about the consequences of "economic mismanagement"--essentially, not taking steps to address...