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

Event Information September 9, 20119:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDTFalk AuditoriumThe Brookings Institution1775 Massachusetts Ave., NWWashington, DC Register for the EventOn September 9, the day after President...

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Employment, Growth, and the Budget

Mr. Chairman and members of the Committee:  This is a critical moment for this Committee to focus on employment and job creation and for the Congress to take action. The future of the United States as...

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Rescuing the Budget Process

Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee: There is no doubt that the budget process is broken. The clearest evidence is the fact that we are all counting on the Joint Select Committee (JSC)—with its...

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The Buffett Rule for Taxes: Math or Class Warfare

In defending his proposal to ensure that millionaires not pay taxes at lower rates than ordinary wage earners—the Buffett rule—the president said, “It is not class warfare. It is math.” I was reminded...

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The Federal Government and Increasing Individual Spending

Alice Rivlin discussed the state of the U.S. economy at a recent event, arguing that a main reason businesses are hesitant to increase investment is a lack of demand for new products rather than a...

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An Overview of the Domenici-Rivlin Budget Plan

Senator Murray, Representative Hensarling and Members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, thank you for inviting us to testify on the enormous fiscal and economic challenges...

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What the Super Committee Should Say

Event Information November 21, 201110:00 AM - 11:30 AM ESTFalk AuditoriumThe Brookings Institution1775 Massachusetts Ave., NWWashington, DC Register for the EventWith the November 23 deadline quickly...

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Controlling Medicare Costs: Is Premium Support The Answer?

Event Information December 16, 201110:00 AM - 11:30 AM ESTFalk AuditoriumThe Brookings Institution1775 Massachusetts Ave., NWWashington, DC Register for the EventWith the failure of the congressional...

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Medicare Premium Support: A Primer

The following primer was presented on December 16, 2011 at the event Controlling Medicare Costs: Is Premium Support The Answer? At the same event, participants Judy Feder, Paul Van de Water and Henry...

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After the Lost Budget Opportunities of 2011: What Next?

As 2011 ended we should have been celebrating a bipartisan deal to restore the federal government to fiscal sanity. The deal should have included sufficient reductions in spending growth and increases...

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Fostering Growth through Innovation

Event Information January 13, 20128:30 AM - 4:00 PM ESTFalk AuditoriumThe Brookings Institution1775 Massachusetts Ave., NWWashington, DC As the nation enters a contentious presidential election year,...

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An Election Doesn’t Mean a Wasted Fiscal Year

The president’s budget proposal presents Congress with an opportunity to redeem itself after an embarrassingly dysfunctional first session that ended in the lowest public approval ratings for Congress...

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Transitioning DC’s Community College to Independence

Editor's Note: In testimony before the D.C. Council Committee on Housing and Workforce Development, the members of the District of Columbia Community College Transition to Independence Advisory Board...

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A Bipartisan Approach to Reforming Medicare

At a hearing before the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health, Alice Rivlin testified in favor of a bipartisan plan for Medicare premium support.Chairman Herger and Ranking Member Stark: I am...

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Curing Health Care: The Next President Should Complete, Not Abandon, Obama's...

Follow @BICampaign2012 Editor's Note: The following is a Campaign 2012 policy brief by Alice Rivlin proposing ideas for the next president on America’s health care system. Tom Mann prepared a response...

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Campaign 2012: The Future of Health Care

Event Information May 4, 20121:00 PM - 2:30 PM EDTFalk AuditoriumThe Brookings Institution1775 Massachusetts Ave., NWWashington, DC Register for the EventAs America confronts the realities of an aging...

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The Case for Preserving the Federal Reserve’s Dual Mandate

In testimony before the House Financial Services Committee, Alice Rivlin addresses proposed bills to restrict the Federal Reserve's policy-making actions. Chairman Paul and Ranking Member Clay: I am...

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Campaign 2012 : Twelve Independent Ideas for Improving American Public Policy

Brookings Institution Press 2012 250pp. Ready or not, the quadrennial run for the White House is upon us. American voters face a very different landscape than they did four years ago, when the...

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Rethinking Federalism for More Effective Governance

ABSTRACTFor common reasons the federal government and most state governments face rising structural deficits even as the economy recovers. An aging population requires retirement income and...

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Confronting the Looming Fiscal Crisis

Chairman Baucus, Ranking Member Hatch, and Members of the Committee, thank you for inviting us to testify on the comprehensive budget plan that the Bipartisan Policy Center’s (BPC) Debt Reduction Task...

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