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CNN Money Exclusive: A debt fix to believe in
In her latest commentary on CNN Money, CRFB President Maya MacGuineas celebrates the bipartisan, super-majority vote of the Fiscal Commission and...
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Op-Ed: A Debt Fix to Believe In
CNN Money | December 6, 2010 It was a gut wrenching roller-coaster ride of a week for anyone who followed the deliberations and votes of the Bowles...
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Steven Pearlstein Joins the Announcement Effect Club
After the addition of the Fiscal Commission to the Announcement Effect Club last week, Steven Pearlstein of the Washington Post kept the membership...
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The Center for American Progress Gets Specific
Today, the Center for American Progress released a plan to get specific on our growing deficits and debt. Or, rather, they've released five...
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‘Line’ Items: What Now? Edition
Commission Can’t Quite Commit – The President’s Fiscal Commission was able to produce a fiscal plan last week that garnered a bipartisan majority of...
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Setting the Record Straight on Spending Cuts and Taxes in the Fiscal Commission Plan
In a Heritage Foundation analysis of the President's Fiscal Commission's final plan, Brian Riedl argues that the recommendations have "too much taxes...
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Appropriations Update: Will We Get a Spending Plan for Christmas?
Once again, Congress earlier this week had to pass a short-term stop-gap spending measure to keep the lights on. The House and Senate passed a...
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Fiscal Commission Votes This Morning
Update: 11 out of the commission's 18 members voted to approve of the final proposal. See our release here. The report is titled “ The Moment of Truth...
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MARKETWATCH: November 29-December 3, 2010
What a week it’s been. Just look at the ups and downs of the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note. The week started with the safe haven play...
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CRFB Applauds Senators for Supporting Deficit Commission Plan
Update: Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) has also decided to support the Fiscal Commission's plan, helping to give the recommendations a bipartisan...
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CRFB's Table Comparing Deficit Reduction Plans
Since the Fiscal Commission released its final report yesterday, CRFB has updated its comprehensive table covering all of the deficit reduction...