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Let’s All Jump Off the Fiscal Cliff

December 7, 2012, Bradley Belt, Jared Bernstein, William G. Gale and Phillip Swagel

A completed budget is expected to do much more than set spending levels for discretionary programs...The 2011 BCA kept the government open, but it didn't constitute a full budget.

September 12, 2012, William A. Galston, PolitiFact

What the Super Committee Should Say

November 21, 2011

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An Overview of the Domenici-Rivlin Budget Plan

November 1, 2011, Pete V. Domenici and Alice M. Rivlin

Improving the Federal Government’s Performance as a Lender

October 21, 2011, Douglas J. Elliott

Time to ’86 the Tax Code? Prospects for Tax Reform After 25 Years

October 19, 2011

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The Connection Between Employment and Poverty Rates

September 29, 2011, Isabel V. Sawhill

A Grand Bargain on Job Creation and Deficit Reduction – Is It Possible?

September 9, 2011

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(Still) Tempting Fate: An Updated Federal Budget Outlook

August 30, 2011, Alan J. Auerbach and William G. Gale

The Debt Deal: A Hopeful View

August 9, 2011, Alice M. Rivlin

Death, Taxes... And Deficit

May 16, 2011, Erskine Bowles, Pete V. Domenici, Alice M. Rivlin and Alan Simpson

Debt Reduction as an Opportunity to Make Government Work More Fairly and Effectively

March 15, 2011, Alice M. Rivlin

Education and President Obama's Proposed Budget

February 18, 2011, Alan Berube

Obama Should Lead on Tough Spending Cuts to Entitlements, Tax Reform

February 17, 2011, Pete V. Domenici and Alice M. Rivlin