Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

Economic Recovery Measures

Jan 9, 2014 | Blog Paper Press Release

Offsetting A Long-Term UI Extension

The unemployment insurance saga continues.

Unfinished Business for the New Year

The passage of the Bipartisan Budget Act was a positive move away from governing by crisis, and a de

Stopgap Unemployment Benefit Extension Should Be Offset

At the end of 2013, Congress allowed extended unemployment benefits to expire, and as a result the maximum number of weeks for collecting benefits
Dec 18, 2013 | Blog Paper Press Release

The FOMC Tapers, But That's Not All!

In a move that has been discussed and anticipated for months, the Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee

The President's Housing Reform Proposals

Yesterday in Phoenix, one of the hardest hit areas by the housing bust, President Obama gave a

On the President's Proposed "Grand Bargain"

The talk of the town in recent days has been President Obama's new

The $21 Billion TARP

Yesterday, the CBO released its latest estimate of the subsidy

Expanding Principal Writedowns to Fannie and Freddie

Sometimes, the timing of things can really work out in Washington.

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