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Accounting for Fannie and Freddie
An editorial yesterday in the Wall Street Journal called on the Administration to support the reform of the two housing financing enterprises...
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CBO Scores Second Senate Jobs Bill
Today, Senate Majority leader Harry Reid introduced a second jobs bill, following the first $16 billion jobs bill (-$1.1 billion 11-year deficit...
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Democrats Named to Deficit Panel
A little less than a week after the President signed an Executive Order establishing a National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, the...
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Happy 35th Birthday CBO!!!
According to CBO Director Doug Elmendorf: CBO is celebrating its 35th birthday! The agency was created by the Congressional Budget and Impoundment...
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Herszenhorn Discusses Reconciliation For Health Care
Ever since Scott Brown's victory in Massachusetts, there has been a lot of talk about Democrats using budget reconciliation to pass a comprehensive...
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Comparison of Health Care Reform Bills
Yesterday, the White House released its version of a health care reform bill to restart the debate on how to reform the country's health care system.
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The U.S. Needs a Fiscal Turnaround
The United States is not the first nation to face tough fiscal challenges. Other countries have faced similar fiscal challenges – and gotten out of...
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Understanding the President's Health Reform Proposal
In the table below, CRFB has expanded on a table put together by Think Progress' Wonk Room, comparing select components of the President's proposal to...
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Wyden and Gregg Release Tax Reform Proposal
Earlier today, Senators Judd Gregg (R-NH), and Ron Wyden (D-OR) released what they call A Bipartisan Plan for Tax Fairness. Read the press release...
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Wyden and Gregg to the Rescue
Rescuing us from the disaster that is the U.S. tax code while reducing the federal debt will require nothing short of a superhuman feat; Senators Ron...
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Fiscal Turnarounds: International Success Stories
The U.S. is not alone in facing massive budget deficits and an exploding debt, nor is it the first country to face this type of situation. There are...
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Four More FDIC Bank Takeovers
On Friday evening, the FDIC reported that it has taken over an additional four banks ( La Jolla Bank, George Washington Savings Bank, The La Coste...