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Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) talked about the federal budget situation, and afterward panelists discussed her remarks and the prospects for Congress reaching a budget agreement and plan for e…

Panelists discussed the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget’s report on the Republican 2012 presidential candidates' economic plans and their impact on the national debt. They also re…

A new group called the Peterson-Pew Commission on Budget Reform released a report on the federal debt and looked at ways to change the budget process. The commission includes several former …

The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget held a forum at the National Press Club on the economic and budgetary consequences of the financial bailout. The first panel discussed the bail…

The panel talked about the fate and implications of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. Topics included the rescue package, the 2008 election cycle, the international response,…

The Brookings Institute and New America Foundation and other Public Policy institutions hosted a forum on Fiscal Policy. Senator John McCain R-Arizona and Senator Joe Lieberman D-Connecticut…

The Brookings Institute convened a panel on which, participants talked about President George W. Bush’s fiscal policies as he entered his second term. They addressed issues such as tax polic…

Administration officials, members of Congress and other dignitaries paid tribute to Henry Bellman and Robert Giamo, the founders of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget who were ap…

House and Senate budget committee members, former members of Congress, White House analysts and other scholars discussed the effectiveness of the various congressional budget acts, and how t…

A meeting of the National Economic Commission. They talked about Deficit Reductions and its implications.