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U.S. Budget Groups Say CBO Report Shows a Grim Fiscal Future | MarketNews

January 31, 2012

Maya MacGuineas, the group's president, said the CBO's current law baseline shows budget deficits falling sharply, but added that the assumptions underlying these numbers are dubious. Among other things, they assume that all the Bush era tax cuts will ...

Obama Offers Wish List For Recovery, Few Answers For Tackling Debt | Fox News

January 25, 2012

"The president missed an opportunity to throw down the gauntlet to Congress on the debt and demand a large, bipartisan debt reduction plan this year," said Maya MacGuineas, head of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.

MacGuineas Testimony Before House Rules Committee (Jan 2012)

January 24, 2012

Good morning, Mr. Chairman and members of the Committee. Thank you for the opportunity to testify today on the important topic of fixing the budget process. It is a privilege to appear before the Committee.

1000 Days Of Dysfunction | The Daily Caller

January 24, 2012

“No one wants to spell out what they would do given that the choices are humongous deficits or tough policy choices, all in an incredibly tense election year,” Maya MacGuineas, president of the bipartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, ...

Government Edges Toward the Debt Ceiling | Wall Street Journal

January 12, 2012

"This was basically set to be on automatic pilot," said Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a Washington group that advocates for deficit reduction. "There will be heartfelt speeches about why we shouldn't ...

Democratic Sen. Mark Warner Defies Party To Engage GOP on a Deficit Deal | The Daily Beast

December 28, 2011

Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, calls Warner a tireless “policy wonk.” “Once he focuses on something it is all or nothing,” she says. As soon as he arrived in the Senate, Warner started cultivating ...

Rep. Black, Colleagues Back Variation of Line-Item Veto | Gannett News Service

December 18, 2011

... projects — or earmarks — is less common than it used to be, but a line-item veto would still help root out any remaining pet projects from spending bills, said Maya MacGuineas, head of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. ...

Debt Issue Remains Contentious | Roll Call

December 14, 2011

Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, said she believes the failures of the deficit deal help to move along the debate. “I think each one of these things in the political arena right now actually brings us closer ...

Lawmakers Attempt Variation on Line-Item Veto | USA TODAY

December 7, 2011

Things can't be slipped into bills as quietly as they did before," said Maya MacGuineas of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. "What we think this will do is it will put a chilling effect on people who are playing these games in Congress," ...

Future of Deficit Reduction | C-SPAN

December 6, 2011

Maya MacGuiness talked about congressional efforts to reach agreement on ways to reduce the federal budget deficit..She responded to telephone calls and electronic communications.

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8 Steps to the Presidential Election: What to Watch for | USA TODAY

December 5, 2011

... The budget and economic update from the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, due in August, will answer the questions, "Are we better? Are we worse? Where are we headed?" says Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. ...

Deficit Hawks To Press Case in 2012, Hope for Voters' Attention | National Journal

December 2, 2011

“There are frightening reminders of the need for deficit reduction from Europe,” says Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. “You can't put this level of interest back in the bottle.” MacGuineas' plans, and those ...

Central Banks Ease Most Since 2009 To Avert Impact of European Debt Crisis | Bloomberg News

November 28, 2011

23 “adds immensely” to the pressures on Bernanke, said Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a Washington research and advocacy group. “You've got to feel sorry for the people at the Fed who have to keep cleaning ...

Jobless Benefits, Payroll Tax Cut To Come Up After Thanksgiving‬ | Fox News

November 23, 2011

Maya McGuineas from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget offered this prediction: “What you could see happening is instead they just throw in some of the other business tax cuts that are expiring, and it becomes one big Christmas tree for tax ...

Last Chance for Medicare, Medicaid Reform? Nope | POLITICO

November 22, 2011

“It certainly doesn't mean you can never, ever touch them, because we'll have to touch them,” said Maya MacGuineas, president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. With several bipartisan deficit reduction plans already ...

Go Big, Mr. Obama | New York Times

November 22, 2011

... The president will never get the near-term stimulus through that he wants and that the economy needs without combining it with a credible bipartisan, multiyear deficit-reduction plan like Simpson-Bowles.

Debt Committee Failure: Red Flag for Investors | CNN

November 22, 2011

Every day we delay putting in place a plan to control our mounting debt, the larger the problem becomes and the more uncertainty we add to the economic recovery," said Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. ...

U.S. 'Super Committee' Abandons Deficit-Cutting Effort | Reuters

November 22, 2011

“The United States is on a perilous debt course, and today's announcement does nothing to alter it,” said Maya MacGuineas, head of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget think tank. In the coming weeks, Democrats will scramble to extend ...

Panel's Inability To Cut Debt Deal Reflects Divide | USA TODAY

November 21, 2011

Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, had urged the supercommittee to "go big" and seek a package of $4 trillion in spending cuts, tax increases and entitlement savings. "What we watched is them negotiating down ...

Deficit Deal Failure Would Pose Crummy Choice | The Associated Press

November 19, 2011

"It's just the worst of all worlds if that were to happen," said Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. But without the war money at their disposal, lawmakers simply can't pay for the payroll tax cut and jobless ...

Most TN Lawmakers Will Vote For Balanced-Budget Amendment | The Tennessean

November 18, 2011

Maya MacGuineas, president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, said some kind of balanced-budget amendment makes sense, but it should wait until lawmakers can articulate a plan to reduce the debt. ...

A GOP Debt Plan Would Hit Some Popular Tax Breaks | BusinessWeek

November 18, 2011

The three experts are Martin Feldstein, a Harvard University professor who was President Ronald Regan's chief economic adviser; Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget; and Daniel Feenberg, a research associate at ...

Six Days Left: Slowly, for Super Committee, Failure Is Becoming an Option | Christian Science Monitor

November 18, 2011

Still, that goal should have been attainable, says Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget in Washington. “It will not reflect well on the people who used this opportunity to move toward compromise to, instead, ...

GOP Tax Plan Targets Itemized Deductions | The Associated Press

November 17, 2011

The three experts are Martin Feldstein, a Harvard University professor who was President Ronald Regan's chief economic adviser; Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget; and Daniel Feenberg, a research associate at ...

MacGuineas in High Demand During Fiscal Debate | Roll Call

November 15, 2011

She previously worked on Wall Street and at the Brookings Institution and came to the CRFB, which is affiliated with the New America Foundation, in 2003. Since then, she has steadily built a reputation as a readily available contact for Members on ...

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