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Economic Studies Experts On the Government Shutdown and Debt Ceiling Standoff

September 25, 2013, Isabel V. Sawhill, Henry J. Aaron, Gary Burtless, Douglas J. Elliott, Bill Frenzel, William G. Gale and Alice M. Rivlin

A Second Term Policy For Obama That Will Boost The Economy

September 24, 2013, Bill Frenzel

By Dropping Syria In Congress's Lap, Obama Creates The Worst Of The Bad Old Days

September 6, 2013, Bill Frenzel

Neither the President Nor Congress Earned a Vacation this Summer

August 21, 2013, Bill Frenzel

Taxpayer Funded Congressional "Boondoggles" Are Much More Than A Vacation, A Joke, Or An Irritant

August 1, 2013, Bill Frenzel

Immigration Reform Could Yield A Bipartisan Congressional Breakthrough

July 22, 2013, Bill Frenzel

Grand Budget Bargain? No, Congress Would Prefer To Fight

July 8, 2013, Bill Frenzel

Compromise: The Missing Policy Ingredient Amid Dysfunctional Budgeting

June 26, 2013, Bill Frenzel

Hey, Where Did Our Economy-Threatening Fiscal Crisis Run Off To?

June 12, 2013, Bill Frenzel

Federal Tax Reform? Don't Bet The Rent Money On It

May 14, 2013, Bill Frenzel

Free Trade Is Not Quite President Obama's Neglected Stepchild, But...

May 1, 2013, Bill Frenzel

Brookings Expert Roundtable on President Obama’s Federal Budget Proposal for FY 2014

April 11, 2013, Ron Haskins, Isabel V. Sawhill and Bill Frenzel

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Around the Halls: The Obama Administration's Budget Release

April 10, 2013, Alice M. Rivlin, Isabel V. Sawhill and Bill Frenzel

The Tax Code Is a Hopeless, Complex, Economy-Suffocating Mess

April 4, 2013, Bill Frenzel

Short-Term Congressional Budget Fixes Only Prevent Total Disaster

March 27, 2013, Bill Frenzel

A Bad Sequester Is Worlds Better Than No Budget Deal At All

February 26, 2013, Bill Frenzel

A Suggestion for President Obama’s State of the Union Address

February 11, 2013, Bill Frenzel

In watching Congress for more than 40 years I've never seen such a total mess. We really are entering the worst of all worlds. The result is awful. The process is a disgrace. The Democratic and Republican leaders are talking at each other, not with each other. And we have a president who doesn't want to lead on fiscal matters. I don't see how this ends well.

January 15, 2013, Bill Frenzel, Market News International

On Establishing a Commission to Develop Recommendations for Reducing Child Deaths Due to Maltreatment

December 12, 2012, Bill Frenzel

Where Have the Heroes Gone In the Fiscal Cliff Debate?

December 11, 2012, Bill Frenzel

Going Off the Fiscal Cliff Is Good Policy­—If You Like Unemployment

November 16, 2012, Bill Frenzel

The Election is Over, Now the Real Battle Begins

November 12, 2012, Bill Frenzel

Fiscal Cliff: The 900 Pound Gorilla in the 2012 Campaigns

September 26, 2012, Bill Frenzel

Addressing the Nation’s Fiscal Crisis: A Conversation with Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.)

July 16, 2012

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The Fiscal Cliff: A Hard Landing Becomes More Likely

July 10, 2012, Bill Frenzel