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News

The items below reflect recent articles that quote or feature CRFB staff and board members.

April 14, 2013 White House Releases 2014 Budget | Seattle University
April 14, 2013 Republicans embrace Obama's offer to trim Social Security benefits | The Washington Post
April 13, 2013 William Lloyd: Raising taxes on rich better than cutting benefits for rest | The Tribune-Democrat
April 13, 2013 Exclusive: As his presidential library debuts, George W. Bush prepares to return to public stage on his own terms | The Dallas Morning News
April 12, 2013 Here's what chained-CPI really means: Up to $849 less for someone who retired in 2001 | The Washington Post
April 12, 2013 Paul Ryan and Chris Van Hollen: the fiscal bellwethers | The Christian Science Monitor
April 11, 2013 'Chained CPI,' and what it means to you | Consumer Affairs
April 11, 2013 David Nicklaus: inflation change will affect the elderly, but it's no piggy bank raid | St. Louis Post Dispatch
April 11, 2013 Obama's Chained CPI Throws Off Pols and Here's How It Works | ABC News
April 10, 2013 TV: Fix the Debt: Rep. Paul Ryan's Budget Is 'Nonstarter' | Fora.tv Politics
April 10, 2013 Why comparing budgets is so maddening tough | The Washington Post
April 10, 2013 Devil's in the details - debt risks in Obama budget | The Miami Herald
April 10, 2013 Spinning Obama's Budget | FactCheck.org
April 10, 2013 Social Security under the knife | New York Amsterdam News
April 09, 2013 Obama's move to change Social Security inflation rate riles supporters on left | Fox News
April 09, 2013 TV: Maya MacGuineas shares some thoughts on the President's budget and discusses the Chained CPI | Fox News
April 09, 2013 Radio: RFB's MacGuineas Discusses President's 2014 Budget | Bloomberg Radio
April 09, 2013 Radio: Maya MacGuineas grants NPR an interview on the President's FY 2014 Budget | NPR
April 09, 2013 Obama releases his budget proposal today | MPR News
April 08, 2013 Podcast: Jason Peuquet on expectations for the President's FY 2014 budget and fixing the debt | News Talk 550 KFYI AM Radio
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