Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

President's Fiscal Commission

Dec 13, 2010 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections| Budget Process| Health Care| Social Security| Taxes

Line Items: Botched Snap Edition

Washington Drops the Ball – To many federal budget watchers, the tax cut debate has been more frustrating than watching the
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Dec 6, 2010 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections| Budget Process| Taxes

‘Line’ Items: What Now? Edition

Commission Can’t Quite Commit – The President’s Fiscal Commission was able to produce a
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Dec 6, 2010 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

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
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Dec 4, 2010 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections| Taxes| Other Spending

Setting the Record Straight on Spending Cuts and Taxes in the Fiscal Commission Plan

In a Heritage Foundation
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Dec 3, 2010 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

Fiscal Commission Votes This Morning

Update: 11 out of the commission's 18 members voted to approve of the final proposal.
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Dec 2, 2010 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

Fiscal Commission Receives a Majority of Votes!

Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) has just voted for the Fiscal Commission's final plan.
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Dec 2, 2010 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

Stern Releases Plan to Lower the Budget Deficit...and the "Investment Deficit"

Today, Andy Stern, a member of the Fiscal Commission, released the
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Dec 2, 2010 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections| Taxes

Some in Washington Are Working on Deficit Reduction...but Others Aren't

In the wake of the release of the Fiscal Commission’s deficit reduction plan, it’s interesting to note the dichotomy between the focus
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Dec 2, 2010 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

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 bipartis
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Dec 1, 2010 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections| Economics

Fiscal Commission Joins the Announcement Effect Club!

In today's release of the Fiscal Commission's final recommendations, the report undoubt
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