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Steve Liesman, Don't Do It - The Country Needs You
Read moreCNBC’s Steve Liesman attended the “Avoiding a Government Debt Crisis” conference convened by the Peterson-Pew Commission on Budget Reform yesterday...
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Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson to Lead Deficit Commission
Read moreAccording to Lori Montgomery: Mr. Obama will name former Clinton White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles and former Republican Sen. Alan Simpson as...
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Fed Bank President: Don’t Knock on Fed’s Door to Solve Fiscal Problems
Read moreThomas Hoenig, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, had strong words today for lawmakers who want the Fed to bail them out of the...
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Happy Birthday ARRA: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act One Year Later
Read moreA 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
Read moreAs 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
Read moreHere 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
Read moreCommission 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
Read moreAlthough 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
Read moreThe 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
Read moreFearless economists braved the Washington snow this week to walk through the doors of the Announcement Effect Club via their testimony before the...