Blog
Welcome to our blog – The Bottom Line, where you’ll find up-to-date commentary and analysis on the most important news in the fiscal world. Below is a list of our blog posts.
Appropriations Update: Senate Heading Toward Cutting More
The Senate appears headed toward cutting discretionary spending even below the level called for by Senate appropriators. Senate Majority Leader Harry...
There's a New Sheriff in Town...For Now
With Peter Orszag leaving OMB last Friday and Jacob Lew yet to be sworn in, Jeff Zients has been called in to fill the gap as acting director of OMB...
‘Line’ Items: War Supplemental Finally Passes; Small Biz Bill Not So Lucky
House Gone, Senate Eyeing the Exit – The House started its six-week recess Friday and the Senate will adjourn at the end of this week. Debate and a...
The Right Spending Target
A few weeks ago, Fiscal Commission co-chair Erskine Bowles suggested that in designing a plan, "revenue as a percentage of GDP [should not] be much...
Thune to the Rescue!
Sen. John Thune (R-SD) introduced a deficit reduction and budget reform bill yesterday, aptly titled the Deficit Reduction and Budget Reform Act of...
The Truth Can Help Set Us Free of Debt
Add another solid idea to the growing list of proposals to help improve federal budgeting and put the country on a sustainable fiscal course...
MARKETWATCH: July 26-30
The week saw ups and downs of interest in Treasury debt instruments on the margin. Foreign interest backed off a little as perceptions of risk: return...
Appropriations Update: Lawmakers Moving 2011 Spending Bills
Signaling their desire to be more austere, House and Senate appropriators continued pushing their Fiscal 2011 spending bills through the system this...
Targeting IPAB
Ever since health care reform passed in March, it's had a huge target on its back by those who want to repeal it. Unfortunately, the bullseye for some...
CRFB Testifies Before the President’s Fiscal Commission
The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform held its fourth meeting yesterday where it heard from our very own CRFB President, Maya...
CRFB in the Ripon Forum
CRFB board member Doug Holtz-Eakin and CRFB president Maya MacGuineas both had essays in the most recent edition of the Ripon Forum. While they...
Extending the Tax Cuts: The Possibilities Are Endless!
Really they are. With the 2001/2003 tax cuts set to expire in five months, the topic is coming up with increasing frequency. Unlike with the estate...