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Happy Birthday ARRA: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act One Year Later
A year after its creation, the ARRA has disbursed about $300 billion, of the now $862 billion, through spending increases and tax breaks. Almost all...
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Looking Back on President's Day
As we celebrate President’s Day, here is a look at our two presidents of the day, Washington and Lincoln, and some of their experiences with debt...
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Weekend Editorial Roundup
Here are the highlights from this weekend’s editorials on fiscal and budget policy: The New York Times criticized Republican healthcare reform...
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‘Line’ Items: Commissions, Summits, Caps and Dogs
Commission Coming – The White House says President Obama will create a fiscal commission by executive order within days. Meanwhile, Republicans still...
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Budget Reform Proposals in the President's FY 2011 Budget
Although our initial analysis of the President's Budget focused on his ten-year budget plan, the Budget itself includes much, much more. Nestled in...
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Senate To Consider Scaled-Down Jobs Bill
The Senate is likely to turn to a tightly focused jobs bill when it returns from the President's Day break next week. The bill, a much-scaled down...
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Snowpocalypse Doesn’t Stop Announcement Effect Club from Growing
Fearless economists braved the Washington snow this week to walk through the doors of the Announcement Effect Club via their testimony before the...
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Experts to Congress: We Need Fiscal Goals
As D.C. slowly emerged from under the white blanket of the blizzard, discussion turned today to how the U.S. can rise out of a sea of red ink. Three...
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Stimulus Proposals in the President's Budget
In the budget released last week, the President outlined his vision for additional economic stimulus. Included in his proposal was $76 billion over 11...