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How Refreshing to Have a Plan with…Brace Yourself…Details!
Congressman Paul Ryan’s Roadmap for America’s Future 2.0 is a standout accomplishment if for no other reason than that it deals with details. Imagine...
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FISCAL FACT CHECKER: The Obama-Hensarling Exchange
CRFB decided to fact check the exchange between President Obama and Congressman Hensarling at the Republican retreat. Here is the transcript with our...
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Broken Process: Authorizers Rely on Appropriators For Oversight
In yet another sign that the legislative process needs serious fixing, Congress last year appropriated $290.8 billion for programs that the House and...
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No Deficit of Politics in Debt Limit Vote
Like peanut butter and jelly, diet and exercise, and bourbon and bacon (or is that just us?) PAYGO and spending caps are best when together. You...
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Note to Clemons: Freeze Won’t Hurt Competitiveness; Too Much Debt Will
Our good friend Steve Clemons of the New America Foundation wrote in The Washington Note, this week, that President Obama's proposed spending Freeze...
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CRFB's MacGuineas Reacts to Obama's Spending Freeze
Yesterday, CRFB President Maya MacGuineas had an op-ed in CNN calling President Obama's proposed non-security freeze A Good First Step. Here are some...
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The State of the Union is...
Yesterday, President Obama gave his first official State of the Union address, outlining his agenda for the rest of the year. We watched the speech...
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What CRFB Would Like to See in the FY 2011 Budget
On Monday, February 1, President Obama will unveil his FY 2011 budget. Although the President offered a preview of some portions of the budget last...
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"If You Are Not For This Commission, Than What Are You For?"
"If you are not for this commission, than what are you for?" was Republican Senator George Voinovich's reaction to fellow Republicans who voted...
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CRFB Reacts to the State of the Union Address
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget commends President Obama for his focus on deficit reduction in his State of the Union address, and...
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CRFB to Tweet State of the Union Address
UPDATE: We will begin Tweeting just after 9pm. Tonight CRFB is live-tweeting President Obama's State of the Union address. Join us at Twitter under...
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CRFB Welcomes New Budget Proposals
CHAIRMAN Bill Frenzel Tim Penny Charlie Stenholm PRESIDENT Maya MacGuineas DIRECTORS Barry Anderson Roy Ash Charles Bowsher Steve Coll Dan Crippen...