Deficit Reduction Committee Recommendations
Panelists talked about their recommendations to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction.
421 viewsPanelists talked about their recommendations to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction.
421 viewsFormer officials tasked with finding a solution to the nation’s debt and deficit problems testified about their previous attempts to offer solutions and the work of the Joint Select Committe…
5,948 viewsPanelists spoke about the work of the Joint Select Committee of Deficit Reduction, urging the committee to seek deficit reductions of $4 trillion or more compared to the proposed $1.5 trilli…
290 viewsWitnesses testified about efforts to create job growth. They also talked about the president’s jobs proposal before Congress, proposed tax reforms, enhancing federal revenues, and infrastruc…
908 viewsBudget, legislative and business analysts examine the upcoming work of the congressional Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, created in a recently-passed debt ceiling bill. Particip…
113 viewsThe Brookings Institution hosted a panel discussion examining the impact of the deficit reduction deal on American national security and foreign policy. They said tax reform that increases r…
307 viewsFollowing Charles Taylor’s opening remarks, Michael Barr talked about the 2008 financial crisis and actions taken in response to the crisis through the 2010 financial regulations law. Paneli…
490 viewsPanelists talked about the impact of the 2010 financial regulations law on the Federal Reserve. They also responded to questions from the audience.
226 viewsA panel of former Congressional Budget Office directors talked about federal budget deficits and the national debt. Among the topics they addressed were efforts to raise the debt ceiling, th…
1,014 viewsAlice Rivlin, a member of President Obama’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, talked about the tax reform recommendations included in the Commission’s proposals, which…
1,087 viewsPanelists talked about ways that the federal government and states and local communities can continue to invest in needed infrastructure and other projects while simultaneously balancing bud…
246 viewsTreasury Secretary Timothy Geithner spoke about the report released that day by the Obama administration, Reforming America’s Housing Finance Market: A Report to Congress, on government-spon…
474 viewsBrookings Institution scholars talked about the need to reduce the U.S. defense budget, and its impact on the national debt and national security. Topics included weapons modernization and C…
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