As Debt-Limit Deadline Nears, Lawmakers Must Avoid Budget Gimmicks
At a press briefing yesterday, Preside
Debt Ceiling
‘Line’ Items: Independence Day Edition
More Fireworks in Store – Washington, DC celebrated Independence Day on Monday night with its annual fireworks display on th
CRFB's Maya MacGuineas Says U.S. Must Raise Debt Ceiling
Yesterday CRFB President Maya MacGuineas appeared on Bloomberg Television to talk about how imperative it is to address our dire fiscal outlook whi
The Consequences of Default
Last week the Economist published an article entitled America's debt ceiling: The mother o
‘Line’ Items: Columbo Edition
Where Is Our Columbo? – Peter Falk, the award-winning actor best known for playing the rumpled, yet wily, Lt.
A Solution for the Debt Ceiling Debate?
Despite House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s (R-VA) decision yesterday to withdraw from the Biden-led negotiations to avoid default, there is
‘Line’ Items: Golf Edition
Time ‘Fore’ Action – Golf, that favorite pastime of power players, was even more popular than usual in Washingto
‘Line’ Items: The Heat is on Edition
Except in Miami – The Miami Heat weren’t hot enough, but Washington saw record temperatures last week.
Biden Group Talks Taxes and Triggers
The bicameral, bipartisan debt limit and deficit reduction negotiations chaired by Vice President Biden resumed today with the group’s fifth