Tools & Audio Briefings
Economic Security and the Federal Deficit
Latest News
HNR: Federal Budget Next Steps: House Budget Resolution Expected This Week (3/19/12) HNR: The President's FY 2013 Budget: Despite Tight Funding Caps, Some Human Needs Priorities Maintained (2/21/12) HNR: Sequestration – Will It Happen? (2/21/12) HNR: The Federal Budget on Autopilot? (2/6/12) HNR: Senate Rejects Balanced Budget Amendment (12/16/11) Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity: The Super Committee's Failure: Two Views (11/28/11) HNR: Super Committee Cannot Leap Over Ideological Chasm; President Warns He Will Not Allow Gutting of Automatic Cuts (11/22/11)
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Testimonies to the Fiscal Commission
Coalition on Human Needs: Testimony to the Fiscal Commission (6/30/10) Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Testimony to the Fiscal Commission (6/30/10) Economic Policy Institute: Tesimony to the Fiscal Commission (6/30/10)
Policy Analyses and Research
Center for American Progress: The Choices Still to Be Made in the New Debt Deal (8/10/11) Center for American Progress: What You Need When You’re Poor: Heritage Foundation Hasn’t a Clue (8/8/11) Bread for the World: A Summary and Analysis of the Final Debt Ceiling Deal (8/3/11) Families USA: Medicaid, the Budget, and Deficit Reduction: Keeping Score of the Threats (July 2011)
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EPI: Our Fiscal Security (www.ourfiscalsecurity.org): A Responsible Path or Recovery and Prosperity Deficit Fever Webinar (8/19/10)
CEPR: Deficit Calculator EPI: Video Explanation of Deficits and Recovery with Ethan Pollack