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We Pledge to . . . Avoid Specifics?

House Republicans have outlined their fiscal priorities and ideas about reform in their “Pledge To America.” But while ...

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

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A Dubious Pledge

Last week, House Republicans offered a “Pledge To America” outlining their fiscal priorities and reform ideas. As with ...

Monday, September 27, 2010

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Pentagon Plans to Focus on Affordability for a Change

Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who hopes to save the Pentagon $100 billion over the next five years, has ...

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

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Budget? What Budget? Congress Remains Far Behind Schedule as New Fiscal Year Approaches

With the fiscal year nearly over, Congress unfortunately has not passed a budget resolution or enacted a single ...

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

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As "Fiscal Solutions Tour" Emphasizes, Many Options Are Available -- And We're Going to Need Them

While this year’s high federal deficit is worrisome, far more troubling are the projections of large, unsustainable deficits ...

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

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Budget and Appropriations Update

Below are several developments we have been following since the last edition of the Washington Budget Report (sign ...

Monday, September 20, 2010

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"Fiscal Solutions Tour" Experts Focus on Possible Answers to Difficult Challenges

At a press briefing Wednesday in Washington, Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert L. Bixby and other budget experts ...

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

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Fiscal Responsibility, More Effective Options Are Neglected in Talk About Extending Bush Tax Cuts

There’s talk of a political compromise on extending the Bush tax cuts but Diane Lim Rogers, The Concord ...

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

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Secretary of State: Debt Level Is a “National Security Threat”

In a speech to the Council on Foreign Relations, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton last week called the ...

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

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Policymakers Should Pay for Any Additional Infrastructure Spending

Last week President Obama called for an additional $50 billion in infrastructure spending, which he argued would create ...

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

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Amid Uncertainty, Projections Show Health Reform Legislation Will Slightly Raise Spending Over Next Decade

Updated estimates by a federal agency indicate that spending on health care will rise from 17.3 percent of ...

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

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Those "Best-for-Nothing" Bush/Obama Tax Cuts

The media is buzzing about how House Minority Leader John Boehner and President Obama might be ready to ...

Monday, September 13, 2010

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